According to the Maori creation story, Rangi (Heaven) and Papa (Earth) were the original ancestors who clung closely together in darkness. They had six sons - Tane-mahuta (forests), Tawhrir-ma-tea (winds and storms), Tangaroa (fish and reptiles), Tu-Matauenga (humans), Haumia-tikitiki (uncultivated food), and Rongo-ma-tane (cultivated food) - who lived with them in darkness for a long time, wondering what light might be like.

1. Contemporary Traditional Maori Culture,Part 2 ''The Maori Creation Story: The Separation of Heaven and Earth" By,Georgina Chavez 1-19-12 Period 8th Culture and Geography

2. (According To Maori Tradition) "All humans are descended from one pair of ancestors,Rangi and Papa, Who are also called Heaven and earth.

3. In those days, heaven and earth clung closely together, and all was drakness.

4. Rangie and papa had six sons: 1 Tane-mahuta, the father of the forests and their inhabitants Click to add title

5. Tawhrir-ma-tea the father of winds and storms

6. Tangaroa the father of fish and reptiles

7. Tu-Matauenga the father of fierce human beings

8. Haumia-tikitiki the father of food that grows without cultivation.

9. In the beginning these six sons and all other beingns lived in darkness for an extremely long time, able only to wonder what light and wision might be like.

10. And Rongo-ma-tane the father of cultivated food