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Whaitiri is a
female atua and
personification of
thunder in Māori mythology. She is the
grandmother of Tāwhaki and Karihi.
Whaitiri is the granddaughter...
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Melissa Heni
Mekameka Whaitiri (born 11
January 1965) is a New
Zealand politician and
former member of the New
Zealand House of Representatives. She was...
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Robert Agrippa Moengaroa Whaitiri (9 May 1916 – 11 July 1996) was a
notable New
Zealand guide, soldier,
launch and tug master,
factory manager, and community...
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Reina Ann
Whaitiri (born 1943) is a New
Zealand scholar, poet, essayist,
editor and researcher. She
taught English literature at the
University of Auckland...
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Waari Kahukura Whaitiri QSM (11
September 1912 – 26
November 1996) was a
notable New
Zealand master mariner and
community worker. Of Māori descent,...
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married the
female supernatural being Whaitiri. Due to his name,
Kaitangata means man-eater,
Whaitiri believed him to be a
cannibal as she was. However...
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lightning in Māori mythology. Te Uira's
child Te Kanapu,
grandparent of
Whaitiri, is also a
personification of lightning. Tāwhaki Tāwhirimātea Keanel, Basil...
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varies somewhat in
different accounts. In general, Tāwhaki is a
grandson of
Whaitiri, a
cannibalistic goddess who
marries the
mortal Kaitangata (man-eater)...
- statue, and eventually, Mei
Irihapiti Robin (later Mei
Whaitiri, the
mother of
local MP Meka
Whaitiri), was selected. A
traditional piupiu skirt, and the...
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minister Meka
Whaitiri announced that she had left the
Labour Party to join Te Pāti Māori.
Speaker of the
House Adrian Rurawhe confirmed that
Whaitiri would serve...
