Tāne
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In Māori mythology, Tāne is the god of forests and of birds, and the son of Ranginui and Papatūānuku, the sky father and the earth mother, who used to lie in a tight embrace where their many children
A carving of Tāne-nui-a-Rangi sited at the entrance to the Auckland Zoo's forest aviary
New Zealand rainforest: the trees and birds are the children of Tāne.
Tāne Mahuta, "Lord of the Forest", in the Waipoua forest
Tūmatauenga
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In Māori mythology, Tūmatauenga is the primary god of war and human activities such as hunting, food cultivation, fishing, and cooking.
Statue of Tūmatauenga at Eden Park, Auckland
A human face depicted in a house carving from Whakarewarewa, 2005. Tūmatauenga, god of war, is the ancestor of humankind.