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Maori gods
Tāne-mahuta
Tāne is a figure of great importance in tribal traditions. Tāne separated earth and sky and brought this world into being; he fashioned the first human; he adorned the heavens, and brought the baskets of knowledge, wisdom and understanding down from the sky to human beings.
Tāwhirimātea
In Māori tradition, Tāwhirimātea is the god of the weather. His parents were Ranginui (the sky father) and Papatūānuku (the earth mother), who lay close together.
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Ranginui and Papatūānuku
Ranginui married Papatūānuku together becoming the sky father and earth mother bearing over 70 children including Tāwhirimātea, Tāne and Tangaroa. Both Ranginui and Papatūānuku locked together in a tight embrace, and their sons forced to live in the cramped darkness between them.
Rongomātane
In Māori mythology, Rongo-mā-Tāne is a major god of cultivated plants, especially kumara, a vital crop.
He was also an important god of agriculture and god of war in the southern Cook Islands, especially on Mangaia where the Akaoro marae and Orongo marae were centres of his worship; where cooked taro was offered to him to assure success in battle and the fertility of land.