Māui-pae’s Family Tree

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Family

• Makea-tutara(parent),Taranga(parent),Hinauri(sibling),Maui(sibling),Māui-roto(sibling),Māui-taha(sibling),Māui-waho(sibling)— Marriage · Miraculous

  Taranga and Makea-tutara are the parents of Maui-tikitiki-a-Taranga and his four elder brothers — Māui-taha, Māui-roto, Māui-pae, and Māui-waho — as well as their sister Hinauri in Maori tradition. Taranga cast the premature Maui into the sea wrapped in her topknot, where ocean spirits nursed him back to life.

Associated with

• Maui,Māui-roto,Māui-taha,Māui-waho

  Maui's four elder brothers — Māui-taha, Māui-roto, Māui-pae, and Māui-waho — crewed the canoe from which he fished up Te Ika a Maui, though they tried to stop him and later carved the great fish against his command.

• Māui-roto,Māui-taha,Māui-waho,Te Ika a Māui

  Māui-pae, Māui-roto, Māui-taha, and Māui-waho carved up Te Ika a Maui while their youngest brother was away making offerings. Their hacking against his instructions created the mountains and valleys of the North Island.