E ai ki ngā kōrero tuku iho, ko '''Rongomai''' tētehi o ngā atua kaitiaki i ahu mai i [[Hawaiki]]. He atua o ngā [[riri]], ko tōna ariā ko te [[unahiroa]] e rere haere ana.

==Hei kaitiaki ki a Ngāti Tūwharetoa==
[[Image:Ikeya-zhang-comet-by-rhemann.png|thumb|right|240px|Ko tō Rongomai ariā he unahiroa e rere haere ana]]E ai ki a [[Ngāti Tūwharetoa]] ko Rongomai te tama mātāmua o [[Tūmatauenga]] ā, ko ia tētehi e heria mai e [[Ngātoro-i-rangi]] mai i [[Rangiātea]] ki [[Aotearoa]] nei. Ko Rongomai te kaitiaki o [[Ngāti Tūwharetoa]] me tō rātou [[ariki]]. Ki tā te kōrero o Matorohanga ko Rongomai tētehi o rātou e tiaki ana i te tatau o [[Rangiātea]] ki ngā toi-o-ngā-rangi. E ai ki ētehi kua moea e Rongomai ko Hinetowai, ā, ka puta ko [[Kahukura]], atua o te [[āniwaniwa]].


==Tohutoru==
*E. Shortland, ''Traditions & Superstitions of the New Zealanders'' (Longman, Brown: London), 1856, 25.
*E.R. Tregear, ''Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary'' (Lyon and Blair: Lambton Quay, 1891), 425
*J. White, ''The Ancient History of the Maori'', Vol I (Government Printer: Wellington, 1887), 108-109

==Hoto ki waho==
*[http://www.tuwharetoa.iwi.nz/ Ngāti Tūwharetoa]


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