Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 27, 2019 4:14:10 GMT 12
HISTORIAN SAYS IT IS TIME TO OFFICIALLY NAME WELLINGTON'S 'SHOCKING' WIND
With Wellington's 180th birthday just around the corner, a historian says it is time for Wellingtonians to have a conversation about naming the wind.
But kaumātua Kura Moeahu from iwi Te Āti Awa said he had named two types in a haka called Kupe Hautoa.
The winds were called te hau mātakataka and te hau āwhiowhio - te hau mātakataka referred to trees being filled and roofs being lifted while te hau āwhiowhio was connected to whirlwinds and tornados.....
www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/117637062/historian-says-it-is-time-to-officially-name-wellingtons-shocking-wind
With Wellington's 180th birthday just around the corner, a historian says it is time for Wellingtonians to have a conversation about naming the wind.
But kaumātua Kura Moeahu from iwi Te Āti Awa said he had named two types in a haka called Kupe Hautoa.
The winds were called te hau mātakataka and te hau āwhiowhio - te hau mātakataka referred to trees being filled and roofs being lifted while te hau āwhiowhio was connected to whirlwinds and tornados.....
www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/117637062/historian-says-it-is-time-to-officially-name-wellingtons-shocking-wind