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Story: Ranginui – the sky

Tāne separates sky and earth

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Tāne separates sky and earth

In this postage stamp, Tāne is separating his parents, Ranginui, the sky father and Papatūānuku, the earth mother.

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New Zealand Post

Reference: 1994 Maori Myths stamp issue

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Rāwiri Taonui, Ranginui – the sky – Ranginui – the sky father, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/postage-stamp/5168/tane-separates-sky-and-earth (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Rāwiri Taonui, published 2 March 2009.