A name related to an origin story based in Hawaiki. Tinirau offered his pet whale Tutunui to Kae to carry Kae home but when arriving home, Kae beached and ate Tutunui.
Tinirau (Māori mythology)
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Papers enclosed in 'Māori life in Ao-tea'
Date: [2000s?]
From: Estate of Richard Nunns: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-12726-2
Description: Comprises handwritten notes enclosed within "Māori life in Aotea", from the estate of Richard Nunns. Notes may be associated with Nunns' music recordings, and include: - An brief index of Māori terms relating to the natural world and atua. - Notes relating to whakapapa of Tangaroa, Tane, Tinirau, Hine-te-iwaiwa, and others. - Paper bookmark from Q Books, Nelson. Part of the Archive of New Zealand Music. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: Separated for storage reasons from MSX-10091.
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H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa note book
Date: 1854
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B026
Description: Contains waiata and narratives about conflicts involving Wairarapa hapu over a number of generations; also contains notes about various deities including Tawhaki, Rata, Wahieroa, Maui, Kae and Tinirau, these notes contain whakapapa and karakia that are related to these deities and information about the origin of certain customary practices. There are also narratives about Tamatekapua and Ngatoroirangi; the migration of the Te Arawa canoe, as well as Turi and the migration of the Aotea canoe. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Marbled paper covers, 20 cm., vol numbered 15
Manuscript
Maori legends
Date: 1901-1929
From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0072-17A
Description: Manuscript and typescript notes of tribal histories and mythologies Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
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Turner, Dennis Knight, 1924-2011 :[At the chanting of Hina-uri, the wives of Tinirau fe...
Date: 1961
From: [Turner, Dennis Knight], 1924-2011 :[Illustrations for Myths and legends of Maoriland] [1961?]
Reference: A-060-138
Description: Shows Hina-uri chanting while she dances over the lifeless bodies of Tinirau's two wives Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 288 x 95 cm
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Nairn, Francis Edward 1819?-1910 : Maori notebook
Date: [ca 1879]
By: Nairn, Francis Edward, 1819?-1910
Reference: MS-1697
Description: Ko nga whakatauki a te Maori = contains proverbs, waiata, notes on moko, food gathering, land transactions, mythology, including Tinirau, Maui and Tawhaki myths, the South Island and Easter Island Language - (mainly) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (126 pages). Physical Description: Ms (23 cm; maroon linen box) Provenance: Smith's Bookshop purchased the notebook from the estate of a Dr Moore of Hastings (part of a collection)
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Turner, Dennis Knight, 1924-2011 :[With a final flurry, Tutunui lay still and died. p 8...
Date: 1961
From: [Turner, Dennis Knight], 1924-2011 :[Illustrations for Myths and legends of Maoriland] [1961?]
Reference: A-060-137
Description: Shows the tohunga Kae riding on the back on Tutunui, the pet whale of Tinirau. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 288 x 95 cm
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Genealogies and traditions / Matene Te Whiwhi
Date: 1852
From: Grey, George (Sir), 1812-1898: Maori manuscripts
Reference: MSY-2092
Description: In Te Whiwhi's writing/Note on ms from Grey `Written by Te Matene at Otaki and Poroutawhao ... from the dictation of Mokau or Te Rangihaeata in 1852'. Contains list of the ancestors of Maui; some stories of Maui and his descendants; genealogies of Te Rauparaha, Topeora, Te Rangihaeata and Rawiri Puaha, of the Ngati Toa from Hoturoa. Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Manuscript
Maori legends
From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0072-17B
Description: Manuscript and typescript notes around Maori histories and mythologies Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.