1. Contemporary Traditional Culture, part2 "The Maori Creation Story: The Separation of Heaven and Earth" By Kim Huy, (January 23,2012) (period 8) Culture and Geography SOURCE: George Grey, 1956, Polynesian Mythology(ed.by William W. Bird): Christchurch, Whitcombe and tomb Ltd., 250 p.(BL 2615. G843p 1956);and Mr. Ruben Meza, 2012
2. All human are descended from one pair of ancestors, Rangi and Papa who are also called Heaven and Earth".
3. In those day, Heaven and Earth clung closely together , and all was darkness.
4. Rangi and Papa had six sons: Tane- mahuta, the father of the forest and their inhabitants.