- In Māori mythology,
Wahieroa is a son of Tāwhaki, and
father of Rātā. Tāwhaki was
attacked and left for dead by two of his brothers-in-law,
jealous that...
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ancestry of Rātā.
Usually he is a
grandson of Tāwhaki and son of
Wahieroa.
Wahieroa is
treacherously killed by Matuku-tangotango, an ogre. Rātā sets out...
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languages include Wahieroa (Māori),
Vahieroa (Tahiti, Tuamotus), Va'ieroa (Cook Islands),
Fafieloa (Samoa), and Vahie'oa (Marquesa).
Wahieroa - Māori Vahieroa...
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startling the people.
Wahieroa would marry Matoka-rau-tāwhiri, who when
pregnant had a
craving for tūī flesh, and so
asked her
Wahieroa to kill tūī for her...
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versions of the
legend of Tāwhaki as Tāwhaki's wife and the
mother of
Wahieroa (Reed 1963:165).
Hinepiripiri nursed Tāwhaki back to
health after he was...
- wife of
Wahieroa, and
mother of Rātā. When Matoka-rau-tawhiri was pregnant, she had a
craving to eat the
flesh of a tūī bird, and
asked Wahieroa to catch...
- an ogre who
kills Wahieroa the son of Tāwhaki. In some versions,
Matuku lives in a cave
called ****warenuku. Rātā, the son of
Wahieroa, sets off to avenge...
- a
whole log of wood. In
memory of this incident,
their child is
named Wahieroa (Long-piece-of-firewood) (Biggs 1966:450). In some
versions Tawhaki is...
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Kaipara Harbour area from Northland,
primarily on the waka Te
Potae o
Wahieroa and Te Wharau.
Initially relations between the iwi were friendly, and many...
- Tāwhirirangi canoe. A
large tree was cut down by four men
called Rata,
Wahieroa, Ngāhue and Parata, to make the waka
which came to be
known as Arawa. "Hauhau-te-rangi"...
