1. Contemporary Traditional Maori Culture part,2 The Maori Creation: "The Separation of the Haven and Earth" By: Alejandra Cervantes, January 18, 2012, Per 1 Culture and Geography George Grey, 1956 Polynesian Mythology (ed by William W.Bird): Christchruch , Whitecombe and Tombs ltd,. 250 p. (BLL 2615. G843p 1956); nd Mr. Ruben meza, 2012

2. (According to Maori tradition)' All humans are descended form 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 darkness

4. "Rangi and Papa had six sons : (1) Tane- Mahuta , the father of the forests and all darkness"

5. (2) Tawhiri-ma-tea the farther of winds and stroms

6. (3) Tangaroa, the father of the fish and reptiles';

7. (4) Tu matauenga, the father of fierce human begins

8. (5) Humia-tikitiki, the farther of food that grows without cultivation

9. (8) and Rongo-ma-tane, the father of cultivated food

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

11. After a battle between the six sons, Tu-matauenga ate 4 of his brothers as food sparing Tawhiri-ma-tea, thje father of the winds and storms

12. This is why today people are and have war why pepole eat plants and animals, and why there are storms.