Aoraki
Aoraki is one of the three offspring born to Ranginui and Poharua Te Pō. This is the South Island name for the entity also known as Aorangi.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 1970 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Oral traditions recorded in modern times.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Murirangawhenua, Tāwhirimātea, Haumia-tiketike, Tangaroa, Tūmatauenga, Tāne, Rongo, Papatūānuku, Aorangi, Māui
- child of
- Ranginui, Poharua Te Pō
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“they bore 3 offspring including Aorangi (or Aoraki as given in South Island)”
#31648 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Other traditions make the South Island the waka of Aoraki”
#32094 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In some traditions his waka became the South Island, known as Te Waka a Māui. (Other traditions make the South Island the waka of Aoraki.)”
#32730 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Southern iwi oral traditions however highly dispute Māui's catch of North Island: the South Island is known instead as Te Waka o Aoraki and predates Māui's expedition– Māui was told to have landed in Mahitahi (now Bruce Bay) following instructions of previous navigators before sailing around the island and going northward”
#36862 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001