1. Contemporary Traditional Maori Culture Part 2 "The Maori Creation Story: The Separation of Heaven and Earth" By: Benjamin Perez, 1/23/12 Period 4 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
10. In the beginning these six sons and all other beings lived in darkness of an extremely long time, able only to wonder what light and vision might be like.