Whatihua
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Whatihua was a Māori rangatira in the Tainui confederation of tribes, based at Kāwhia, New Zealand. He quarrelled with his brother, Tūrongo, and as a result Tainui was split between them, with Whatihu
Kūaka (Bar-tailed godwit).
A diagram of a Māori wharenui ('meeting house'). The tāhuhu is the main beam which forms the ridge of the roof. In traditional Māori architecture, it symbolises the backbone.
Tū-irirangi
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Tū-irirangi was a Māori rangatira of the Ngāti Whāita hapū of the Ngāti Raukawa iwi in the Tainui tribal confederation from the Waikato region, New Zealand. He is an ancestor of the Ngāti Kinohaku hap
Whatihua
…who had a daughter, Hine-au-Pounamu, who married Rereahu Māpau-inuhia and Waengarangi, who both married Huiao, son of Whāita and had three children, Tū-irirangi, Hine-moana, and Paiariki. Uenuku-te-rangi-hōkā, also called Uenuku-whāngai ('the adopted') because he was raised by Apakura, who had three sons…
A pipi shell.
An area of rarauhe (bracken fern)
A whau tree.
Two kotiate clubs.