Te moana, ngā awa, ngā ika
Say it: tah-nga-RO-ah · Often read as 'tanga' (to spread) + 'roa' (long) — the long expanse.
Tangaroa moves in tides. He teaches that everything arrives and departs, and that abundance follows respect.
Ko wai tēnei? — in plain words
The sea and everything living in it. His breathing is the tide, which is why fishing and planting were timed to the moon rather than the clock.
Whanaungatanga: Son of Ranginui and Papatūānuku; his children became fish and reptiles.
Where you already meet them
Te kōrero — the story
When the winds of Tāwhirimātea drove his children inland and out to sea, Tangaroa withdrew to the deep. His descendants became the fish and the reptiles. The tides are his breathing — the reason fishing, planting and rest were timed to the moon.
A common misunderstanding
Rāhui (a temporary ban on taking food from a place) is not superstition — it is fisheries management with a spiritual seal on it.
Ngā uara
Manaakitanga
Take only what you can share.
Tapu me noa
Some places and times are set apart.
Rāhui
Rest lets abundance return.
If you are new to this — start here
Drink a glass of water slowly and treat it as something given rather than bought.
I tēnei ao — acknowledging today
He mihi
Tangaroa whakamautai, tēnā koe. Whakatau mai te rangimārie.
Tangaroa who controls the tides, I greet you. Settle calm upon me.
Ngā taha o te ora