Tamatea
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Tamatea is the Māori term for the lunar phase equivalent to the European "first quarter". In the traditional calendar the 21st-24th nights after the full Moon are known as: Tamatea-āio, Tamatea-angana, Tamatea-kai-ariki, Tamatea Tuhāhā or Tamatea Whakapau.[1]
The term may also refer to:
People
[edit]- Tamatea Arikinui, legendary Māori explorer and captain of the Tākitimu canoe
- Tamatea Urehaea, legendary Māori explorer, grandson of the previous
Places and institutions
[edit]- Tamatea, Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
- Tamatea / Dusky Sound, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand
- Tamatea (meeting house), Ōtākou Marae, Ōtākou, Dunedind, New Zealand
- Tamatea (whare), Motuti Marae, Kohukohu, Hokianga Harbour, New Zealand
- Tamatea ki te Huatahi meeting house of Te Rua Kopiha Marae, Mōtītī Island, New Zealand
- Tamatea Pokai Whenua meeting house of Pouākani Marae, Mangakino, North Island, New Zealand
- Tamatea Pokaiwhenua meeting house of Huria Marae, Judea, New Zealand
- Tamatea, a geographical and administrative division of Ngāti Kahungunu, North Island, New Zealand
- Tamatea High School, Napier, New Zealand