Tāwhirimātea

Atua of the wind and storms

Ko Tāwhirimātea te atua o te hau me ngā āwhā.
Tāwhirimātea is the atua of the wind and storms.
- this is an example of an equative sentence

Atua means primeval ancestors with influence over particular domains.

Also see hau.

Ngā tohu a Tāwhirimātea.
The weather – literally, the signs of Tāwhirimātea.

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