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Manaia Studio
Manaia may refer to: * Manaia (mythological creature), a bird-headed mythological creature and symbol of protection in Māori mythology Places * Manaia, Taranaki, a town in the South Taranaki District of New Zealand * Manaia, Waikato, a town on the Coromandel Peninsula of New Zealand * Manaia River, a river of the Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand * Mount Manaia is a landmark on the Whangarei Heads, Northland, New Zealand ** Manaia View School, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand People * Manaia (legendary chief), a chief of Hawaiki in Māori mythology * Wiremu Hukunui Manaia (died 1892), New Zealand tribal leader * Manaia Cherrington (born 1994), New Zealand rugby league footballer * Manaia Salavea (born 1986), Samoan rugby union footballer {{disambiguation, geo, name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manaia (mythological Creature)
The Manaia is a mythological creature in Māori culture, and is a common motif in Māori carving and jewellery. The Manaia is usually depicted as having the head of a bird and the tail of a fish and the body of a man, though it is sometimes depicted as a bird, a serpent, or a human figure in profile. Other interpretations include a seahorse and a lizard. The word ''manaia'' is cognate with the founding Samoan term ''fa'amanaia'', and relevant to the Niuean ''fakamanaia'', both meaning to make a decoration or embellishment. The Manaia is traditionally believed to be the messenger between the earthly world of mortals and the domain of the spirits, and its symbol is used as a guardian against evil. In this form, it is usually represented in a figure-of-eight shape, the upper half culminating in a bird-like beak. This form was also widely used in designs of door and window lintels and other architectural features, as well as in ceremonial hafts of weapons.Te Rangi Hiroa (1950) ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manaia, Taranaki
Manaia is a rural town in South Taranaki District, New Zealand. Ōpunake is 29 km to the northwest, and Hāwera is 13 km to the southeast. Kaponga is 15 km north. State Highway 45 passes through the town. Manaia is named after the former Māori chief of the district, Hukunui Manaia. The population was 960 in the 2013 Census, an increase of 36 from 2006. History and culture Māori history The mouth of the Kapuni River was the site of two pā settled by Ngāti Ruanui in the 1800s: Orangi-tuapeka Pā on the western banks and Waimate Pā on the east.Buist, A. G. (1962). Excavation of a house-floor at Waimate Pa. New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter, 5(3), 184-187. Orangi-tuapeka Pā was occupied by Wiremu Kīngi Moki Te Matakātea in 1833 and 1834, where he defeated Waikato Tainui forces led by Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, ending Waikato raids into Taranaki. In October 1834, the area was bombarded by British troops aboard the HMS ''Alligator'', in an atte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manaia, Waikato
Manaia is a locality on the western side of the Coromandel Peninsula of New Zealand. It lies to the east of State Highway 25, south of Coromandel and north of Tapu. The Manaia River flows from the Coromandel Range through the area and into the Manaia Harbour to the west. The harbour contains mussel farms. The Manaia Forest Sanctuary, inland from Manaia, contains the sixth largest kauri tree in New Zealand. The Sanctuary contains about 410 kauri trees in an area of 101 hectares. The local iwi are Ngāti Whanaunga and Ngāti Pūkenga. Education Manaia School is a coeducational full primary (years 1-8) school with a decile rating of 2 and a roll of 42. A Manaia School is first mentioned in a Department of Education An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ... report for 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manaia River
The Manaia River is a river of the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand's North Island. It flows north from its sources in the Coromandel Range, reaching the Hauraki Gulf at Manaia Harbour, southwest of Coromandel. The Manaia catchment is nationally and internationally significant for biodiversity. Most of the rocks in the lower parts of the catchment are Cretaceous greywacke of the Manaia Hill Group, with Miocene andesite forming most of the uplands. Well-draining brown soils, formed mostly from andesite, cover most of the basin. Native bush covers 72.6% of the area, with mānuka and kānuka covering another 19%, so that water quality is good. Due to siltation of the harbour, following extensive logging in the last century, mangroves increased by 195% from 1971 to 1995. In 1890 the Kauri Timber Company built 3 dams to drive the logs downstream and between 1885 and 1901 of gold was dug from Leading Wind and Golden Hill mines. One of the kauri dams is still marked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Manaia
Mount Manaia is a dominant landmark approximately 30 kilometres southeast of Whangārei city on the Whangārei Heads peninsula. Standing 420 metres, the summit offers outstanding views of the Marsden Point Oil Refinery, Bream Bay and the Hauraki Gulf to the south, Whangārei Harbour to the west and the Poor Knights Islands and Northland coast to the north. Mt Manaia - along with Mt Lion, Bream Head and the Hen and Chicken Islands, are the scattered remnants of andesite, volcanic intusions that erupted with force 16 to 22 million years ago during the early Miocene. They are part of a stratovolcano that extended to the Hen and Chickens. Its jagged outline is similar to that of its neighbours and other volcanic outcrops in Northland that erupted in a similar period. Today blanketed by native bush, Manaia's jagged peaks and steep bluffs are protected within a Department of Conservation reserve which features a well-maintained 1½ hour track to the summit. Photo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manaia View School
Raumanga is a suburb of Whangārei in the Northland Region of New Zealand. It is the site of Northland Polytechnic's main campus. Demographics Raumanga covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Raumanga, comprising the statistical areas of Raumanga and Tarewa, had a population of 5,292 at the 2018 New Zealand census Eighteen or 18 may refer to: * 18 (number), the natural number following 17 and preceding 19 * one of the years 18 BC, AD 18, 1918, 2018 Film, television and entertainment * ''18'' (film), a 1993 Taiwanese experimental film based on the sho ..., an increase of 840 people (18.9%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 549 people (11.6%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,554 households, comprising 2,700 males and 2,592 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.04 males per female, with 1,491 people (28.2%) aged under 15 years, 1,227 (23.2%) aged 15 to 29, 2,085 (39.4%) aged 30 to 64, and 489 (9.2%) aged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manaia (legendary Chief)
In Māori mythology, Manaia was a chief of the mythological land Hawaiki. After his wife's brother Ngātoro-i-rangi had migrated to New Zealand, Manaia's wife, Kuiwai, sent their daughter Haungaroa and four other girls to tell Ngatoro that Manaia had cursed him. Ngātoro-i-rangi performed rituals to ward off the curse, cursed Manaia in return, and set out for Hawaiki with a force of 140 warriors to take vengeance on Manaia. Manaia's priests were confident that they would win easily and therefore prepared large ovens for the bodies of Ngātoro-i-rangi's warriors. Ngātoro-i-rangi's men bloodied themselves and pretended to be dead, thus laying an ambush. In their over-confidence, Manaia's men advanced recklessly and all Manaia's men and priests were killed; only Manaia himself survived. Ngātoro-i-rangi and his crew returned to New Zealand. Manaia gathered an army and set sail to New Zealand to attack them. Ngātoro-i-rangi and his wife, however, performed magical incantations, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiremu Hukunui Manaia
Wiremu Hukunui Manaia (died 1892) was a New Zealand tribal leader. Of Māori people, Māori descent, he identified with the Ngāti Tu hapu Ngāti Ruanui iwi of South Taranaki. He was born in New Zealand. References 1892 deaths Ngāti Ruanui people Year of birth unknown {{Māori-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manaia Cherrington
Manaia Cherrington (born 2 August 1994) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Wests Magpies in the New South Wales Cup. He plays at and previously played for the New Zealand Warriors, Wests Tigers and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. Background Born in Whangārei, New Zealand, Cherrington is of Māori descent and moved to Sydney, Australia, aged 12. He played his junior rugby league for the Wentworthville Magpies and Quakers Hill Destroyers, before being signed by the Wests Tigers. Playing career Early career In 2013 and 2014, Cherrington played for the Wests Tigers' NYC team. On 13 October 2013, he played for the Junior Kiwis against the Junior Kangaroos. On 12 February 2014, he re-signed with the Wests Tigers on a two-year contract. Coach Mick Potter said, "I think Manaia has good speed and awareness around the dummy half and he is still learning and growing so there’s a lot of potential there." At the end of the year, Cherrington was na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
