Māui or Maui is the great culture hero and trickster in Polynesian mythology. Very rarely was Māui actually worshipped, being less of a deity (Demigod)...

similar birth to Māui. Mauisaurus - New Zealand plesiosaur named after Maui. Maui's Dolphin Endemic dolphin named after Te Ika-a-Māui. Māui is also featured...

sons, Māui-mua, Māui-waena, Māui-kiʻikiʻi, and Māui-a-kalana. Māui-a-kalana's wife is named Hinakealohaila, and his son is named Nanamaoa. Māui is one...

his son, who in turn was named for the demigod Māui. Maui's previous name was ʻIhikapalaumaewa. Maui Island is also called the "Valley Isle" for the...

Māui dolphin, Maui's dolphin, or Popoto (Cephalorhynchus hectori maui) is a subspecies of the Hector's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori)—New Zealand's...

of Maui and surrounding islands Maui gas field, New Zealand Te Ika-a-Māui (the fish of Māui), Māori name for the North Island of New Zealand Māui, hero...

The North Island (Māori: Te Ika-a-Māui, lit. 'the fish of Māui', officially North Island or Te Ika-a-Māui or historically New Ulster) is one of the two...

and is voiced by American actor Dwayne Johnson. Maui is loosely based on the mythological figure Māui in Polynesian mythology. He is characterised as...

on 24 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021. Davis, Denise; Solomon, Māui. "Moriori – Origins of the Moriori people". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New...

retelling one of the many stories about the mythical culture hero, Māui. The book follows Māui as he proposes the idea to catch the sun and slow it down because...

Māui (the canoe or vessel of Māui) is a Māori name for the South Island of New Zealand. Some Māori mythology says that it was the vessel which Māui (a...

Māui's body. When he came back out, Māui was intact. Now it was Māui's turn: Māui made himself small and entered Tuna's body, tearing it apart. Māui cut...

Sir Māui Wiremu Pita Naera Pōmare KBE CMG (1875 or 1876 – 27 June 1930) was a New Zealand medical doctor and politician, being counted among the more prominent...

Māori language, the landmass is named Te Riu-a-Māui, meaning 'the hills, valleys, and plains of Māui'. The Zealandia continent is largely made up of...

light. The great hero Māui is tricked by his father into thinking he has a chance to achieve immortality. In order to obtain this, Māui is told to enter into...

Kidnappers, known in Māori as Te Kauwae-a-Māui and officially gazetted as Cape Kidnappers / Te Kauwae-a-Māui, is a headland at the southeastern extremity...

Hawke's Bay is Te Matau-a-Māui (lit. the fishhook belonging to Māui). This name comes from a traditional story in which Maui lifted the islands of New...

of the demigod Māui, found in other island cultures. In one such legend, which is almost identical to the New Zealand fire myth of Māui Tikitiki-a-Taranga...

In Māori mythology, Taranga is the mother of Māui. Her husband is Makeatutara. Māui was born prematurely, so Taranga wrapped his body in her hair and threw...

recited the dedicatory (or baptismal) incantations over Māui, which made it inevitable that Māui would die. As a result, humankind is mortal. E.R. Tregear...

Māui (Mowee in traditional orthography) was a pioneering traveller from the southern Bay of Islands, who also lived on Norfolk Island, with Samuel Marsden...

How Māui Found the Secret of Fire is a 1984 New Zealand children’s book by Peter Gossage, a New Zealand author. The book follows Māui, who wants to know...

Zealand. Retrieved 28 February 2021. King 2000, p. 5. Davis, Denise; Solomon, Māui (8 February 2005). "Moriori – Origins of the Moriori people". Te Ara: The...

for Cape Turnagain is Te Aho a Māui, which means “Māui’s fishing line”, in reference to the Māori mythology story of Māui and his brothers fishing up the...

Haʻamonga ʻa Maui ("The Burden of Maui") is a stone trilithon located in Tonga, on the eastern part of the island of Tongatapu, in the village of Niutōua...

Maui Taylor (born Maureen Anne Tupaz Fainsan; 28 June 1983) is a Filipino actress and former member of Viva Hot Babes. Taylor entered the entertainment...

anchor stone, and Cape Kidnappers became Te Matau-a-Māui, Māui's fish hook.: 284  One night, Māui put out all the fires in his village, out of a curiosity...

wildfires broke out in the U.S. state of Hawaii, predominantly on the island of Maui. The wind-driven fires prompted evacuations and caused widespread damage...

The kiwikiu or Maui parrotbill (Pseudonestor xanthophrys) is a species of Hawaiian honeycreeper endemic to the island of Maui in Hawaii. It can only be...

Maui Jim is an American sunglasses manufacturer based in Peoria, Illinois. Founded in Lahaina, Hawaii, in 1980, the company designs, develops, and manufactures...