Tamatea is the

Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...

term for the

lunar phase A lunar phase or Moon phase is the apparent shape of the Moon's directly sunlit portion as viewed from the Earth. Because the Moon is tidally locked with the Earth, the same hemisphere is always facing the Earth. In common usage, the four maj ...

equivalent to the European "first quarter". In the traditional calendar the 21st to 24th nights after the full Moon are known as: Tamatea-āio, Tamatea-angana, Tamatea-kai-ariki, Tamatea Tuhāhā or Tamatea Whakapau. The term may also refer to:

People

Tamatea Arikinui Tamatea Arikinui or Tamatea Mai-Tawhiti was a Māori people, Māori ''ariki'' (chieftain), who captained the ''Tākitimu'' canoe on its journey from Hawaiki to New Zealand, where he settled at Tauranga and became the ancestor of the Ngāti Kahungu ...

, legendary Māori explorer and captain of the ''

Tākitimu ''Tākitimu'' was a ''waka (canoe), waka'' (canoe) with ''whakapapa'' throughout the Pacific Ocean, Pacific particularly with Samoa, the Cook Islands, and New Zealand in ancient times. In several Māori mythology, Māori traditions, the ''Tāk ...

'' canoe *

Tamatea Urehaea Tamatea Urehaea (also known as Tamatea Pōkai-whenua and Tamatea Pōkai-moana) was a Māori people, Māori ''ariki'' (chieftain) of the Tākitimu tribal confederation and ancestor of the Ngāti Kahungunu ''iwi'' (tribe), who probably lived in th ...

, legendary Māori explorer, grandson of Tamatea Arikinui

Places and institutions

Tamatea, Napier Tamatea is a suburb in the west of the city of Napier, in the Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand's eastern North Island. Demographics Tamatea covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. ...

, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand *

Tamatea / Dusky Sound Tamatea / Dusky Sound is a fiord on the southwest corner of New Zealand, in Fiordland National Park. Geography One of the most complex of the many fiords on this coast, it is also the largest at 40 kilometres in length and eight kilometres wi ...

, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand *

Tamatea (meeting house) Otakou ( ) is a settlement within the boundaries of the city of Dunedin, New Zealand. It is located 25 kilometres from the city centre at the eastern end of Otago Peninsula, close to the entrance of Otago Harbour. Though a small fishing villag ...

, Ōtākou Marae, Ōtākou, Dunedind, New Zealand *

Tamatea (whare) Kohukohu is a village on the Hokianga Harbour in the Northland Region of New Zealand. It was one of the first European settlements in New Zealand. Kohukohu is situated on the northern shore of the harbour where it splits into two rivers, the M ...

, Motuti Marae, Kohukohu, Hokianga Harbour, New Zealand *

Tamatea ki te Huatahi Tamatea is the Māori term for the lunar phase equivalent to the European "first quarter". In the traditional calendar the 21st to 24th nights after the full Moon are known as: Tamatea-āio, Tamatea-angana, Tamatea-kai-ariki, Tamatea Tuhāhā or Tam ...

meeting house of Te Rua Kopiha Marae, Mōtītī Island, New Zealand *Tamatea Pokai Whenua meeting house of

Pouākani Marae Mangakino is a small town on the banks of the Waikato River in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located close to the hydroelectric power station at Lake Maraetai, southeast of Hamilton. The town and its infrastructure are administered a ...

, Mangakino, North Island, New Zealand *Tamatea Pokaiwhenua meeting house of Huria Marae,

Judea, New Zealand Judea is a suburb of Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located on State Highway 2, east of Bethlehem. The suburb was established as a European fortified settlement in 1864, as part of an offensive a ...

*Tamatea, a geographical and administrative division of

Ngāti Kahungunu Ngāti Kahungunu is a Māori iwi (tribe) located along the eastern coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The iwi is traditionally centred in the Hawke's Bay and Wairārapa regions. The Kahungunu iwi also comprises 86 hapū (sub-tribes ...

, North Island, New Zealand * Tamatea High School, Napier, New Zealand

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