- land. The area,
traditionally known to Māori as Te Wao Nui o
Tiriwa (The
Great Forest of
Tiriwa), is of local, regional, and
national significance. The Waitākere...
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stories and myths. One
involves Tiriwa (the
namesake of the
traditil name for the Waitākere Ranges, Te Wao Nui o
Tiriwa), a
chief of the
supernatural Tūrehu...
- in Te
Kawerau whakapapa, as is the
ancient turehu ancestor and
tohunga Tiriwa. Maki and his
people were
related to a
number of
groups who had occupied...
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ancestors of Te
Kawerau ā Maki,
including Tiriwā (the
namesake of the Waitākere
Ranges name in Māori, Te Wao Nui a
Tiriwa),
followed by Rakatāura / Hape (tohunga...
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traditional names for the area were Hikurangi, Waitākere, and Te Wao Nui a
Tiriwa, the
latter of
which refers to the
forest of the
greater Waitākere Ranges...
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referencing the
traditional story of Te
Kawerau ā Maki of
early ancestor Tiriwa, who
formed the bay by
moving Rangitoto Island from the West
coast to the...
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refers to a
traditional story involving the
ancient supernatural ancestor Tiriwa, who
lifts Rangitoto Island from its
location on the
Tasman Sea to the Hauraki...
- ISBN 9781869790080. Murdoch,
Graeme (2006). "Te Wao Nui a
Tiriwa - The
Great Forest of
Tiriwa". In Harvey, Bruce; Harvey,
Trixie (eds.).
Waitakere Ranges:...
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October 2021. McKendry, Lisa (2017). "Māori
Cordage from Te Wao Nui a
Tiriwa, Auckland,
Aotearoa New Zealand".
Journal of
Pacific Archaeology. 8 (2)...
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along a
narrow gap
between the
ridge and the lake but were
ambushed by
Tiriwa's men who had been
waiting in the bush
along the ridge. The Ngāti Toa were...
