Ata-tangi-rea

"Voice coming down." A tree goddess whom Tāne took to wife. She begot the maire-rau-nui tree (the black maire, a large canopy tree with large spear-shaped leaves).

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References

Source

  • White, John. (1887). Ancient History of the Maori. 6 vols. Wellington: G. Didsbury, Government Printer, p. 1:143.