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• Orbell — This interesting name derives from the Latin orabilis meaning easy to be entreated . It is first recorded as Orabilis (without surname) in the Pipe Rolls of Kent , dated 1221 and was popular as a female personal name throughout the 13th Century,… …   Surnames reference

• Geoffrey Orbell — Infobox Person name = Geoffrey Orbell image size = caption = birth date = birth date|1908|10|7 birth place = Pukeuri, New Zealand death date = death date and age|2007|8|15|1908|10|7 death place = Dunedin, New Zealand occupation = DoctorGeoffrey… …   Wikipedia

• Taniwha — district plays on this double meaning: Waikato taniwha rau Waikato of a thousand chiefs (Mead Groves 2001:421). [A fuller version of the saying, Waikato taniwha rau, he piko he taniwha, he piko he taniwha (Waikato of a hundred taniwha, a taniwha… …   Wikipedia

• Tāne — the sky father and the earth mother, who lie in a tight embrace. Their many children live in the darkness between them (Grey 1956:2).eparates his parentsThe children of Rangi and Papa have grown frustrated with being forced at their confinement… …   Wikipedia

• Haumia-tiketike — and all cultivated plants (Grey 1956:7 10, Orbell 1998:29, Tregear 1891:54).Haumia is particularly associated with fernroot or aruhe , the starchy rhizome of the bracken fern Pteridium esculentum , which formed a major element of the Māori diet… …   Wikipedia

• Тане — Деревья и птицы, согласно представлениям маори, являются детьми Тане. Тане (маори Tāne), или Тане махута …   Википедия

• Huia — This article is about the extinct bird species. For other uses, see Huia (disambiguation). Huia A pair (male in front of female) Painting by J.G. Keulemans from W.L. Buller s A History of the Birds of New Zealand (1888) …   Wikipedia

• Kiwa (mythology) — Kiwa is one of several male guardians of the ocean in the traditions of some Māori tribes of the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand. A poetic name for the Pacific Ocean is Te moana nui a Kiwa (The great ocean of Kiwa). Kiwa s first… …   Wikipedia

• 2007 in New Zealand — IncumbentsRegal and Vice Regal*Head of State Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand *Governor General The Hon. Anand Satyanand, PCNZM, QSO [ [http://www.gg.govt.nz/gg/former.htm] ] Government2007 will be the second full year since the election… …   Wikipedia

• Rehua — ist in der Mythologie der Māori einer der großen Götter, der Sternengott, der bei Rangi, dem Himmelsvater im Himmel lebt. Er ist direkter Sohn des göttlichen Elternpaares Rangi und Papa, Himmelvater und Mutter Erde. Rehua ist zudem Vater von… …   Deutsch Wikipedia