The Maori:Creation storyThe Maori Creation Story: The separation of Heaven and Earth 

           By: Anna Ching January 13 2011.           Period 1 Culture and Geography 

 

All humans are descended from one pair of ancestors, Rangi and Papa.

 

According to the Maori tradition " All humans are descended from one pair of ancestors, Rangi and Papa, who are also called Heaven and Earth.

 

New Zealand is a large island in the South Pacific Ocean off the south east coast of Australia.

 

Some contemporary Maori are traditional,some love non-traditional,modern lives.

 

One tradition of the Maori culture is the Haka 

 

Tangaroa, the father of fish and reptiles.

 

Tumatauenga, the father of the forests and their inhabitants.

 

Haunia-tikitiki, the father of food that grows without cultivated food. 

 

In the beginning these six sons and all other beings lived in darkness for an extremely long time.