Status and Origin
Approval Status |
Adopted by IAU |
Approval Date |
Dec 16, 2010
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Continent |
Oceania
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Ethnicity |
New Zealand
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Origin |
Māori (New Zealand) mother of a highly culturally significant fiber plant, harakeke (“New Zealand flax”), ancestor and wife of Tāne, father of plants. |
Reference |
[248] - Māori Religion and Mythology, by Edward Shortland: Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1882 (reprint by Kiwi Publishers, Christchurch, 1998).
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Updated |
Dec 16, 2010 8:37 AM |
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