THE STORY OF HINE-MOA--A Maori Legend
- Authors
- Anon E. Mouse
- Publisher
- Abela Publishing
- Tags
- baba indaba , children’s , folklore , fairy , folk , tales , bedtime story , legends , hine-moa , tutanekai , unrequited love , forbidden love , passion , lake rotorua , mokoia island , music , horn , pipe , owhata
- Date
- 2016-12-10T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.21 MB
- Lang
- en
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 221 In this 221st issue of the Baba Indaba's Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the New Zealand, Maori tale of Hine-Moa (Hin-ee-moh-ah). This story occurs in and around Lake Rotorua, in the central North Island of New Zealand. Rangi-Uru was the name of the mother of a chief called Tutanekai; she was the wife of Whakaue-Kaipapa (the great ancestor of the Ngatiwhakaue tribe (Naa-ti-fak-ou-eh)); but she at one time ran away with a chief named Tuwharetoa (the great ancestor of the Te Heuheu and the Ngatituwharetoa tribes); before this she had three sons by Whakaue, their names were Tawakeheimoa, Ngararanui, and Tuteaiti. It was after the birth of this third son, that Rangi-Uru eloped with Tuwharetoa, who had come to Rotorua as a stranger on a visit. From this affair sprang Tutanekai, who was an illegitimate child; but finally, Whakaue and Rangi-Uru were united again, and she had another son whose name was Kopako; and...