Tane-rore

{{Use New Zealand English|date=October 2024}} In Māori mythology, '''Tane-Rore''' is the personification of shimmering air as it performs a ''haka'' for his mother Hine-raumati.

== Family == Tama-nui-te-ra had two wives, Hine-takurua and Hine-raumati. The child of Tama-nui-te-ra and Hine-raumati, Tane-rore is credited with the origin of dance.

The ''wiri'' trembling hand action performed during the ''haka'' dance is a physical representation of the shimmering heat referred to in many different hakas around the motu but the main haka would refer to "Te haka a Tane Rore".

It is Māori belief that on occasions when the land is so hot that the air shimmers, you can see Tane-rore perform a ''haka'' for his mother. The ''wiriwiri'' or shimmering air is reminiscent of his trembling hand actions.

==References== * {{cite web|first=Elsdon|last=Best|url=http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_34/rsnz_34_00_000540.html|title=The Diversions of the Whare Tapere: Some Account of the various Games, Amusements, and Trials of Skill practised by the Maori in Former Times.|work=Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand|date=7 October 1901}} * {{cite web|title='HAKA', from An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966.|publisher=Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/haka/1|access-date=2011-04-10|archive-date=2012-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022211747/http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/haka/1|url-status=dead}}

Category:Māori gods Category:Sky and weather gods