I know that the Samoan people honoured him by bestowing a matai title of Tagaloa. |
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Trees in the bush include kahikitea, rimu, thin-barked totara, matai and miro. |
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Growing around them were matai, totara and rimu trees, home to native pigeons, tui, bellbirds, and fantails. |
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The lush branches of the totara, matai and kahikatea trees blocked out all remaining light and I was left alone in a dark, unfamiliar forest. |
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At the summit is a further loop track through virgin forest with an impressive stand of matai, rimu and totara. |
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Samoan villages are equally complex in their structure, with a plethora of different levels of matai, or chiefs. |
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Resident members live in clusters of households within the village, share some facilities and equipment, and work on family-land controlled by the matai. |
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It's mainly heart rimu, with a matai floor and a totara frontage. |
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Before the arrival of missionaries in 1830, Tagaloa was recognized as the creator of the islands and their people and matai served as family religious leaders. |
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Cultural customs such as the Samoa 'ava ceremony are significant and solemn rituals at important occasions including the bestowal of matai chiefly titles. |
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The Jeddak of Ptarth nodded his assent, but the ugly scowl that he bent upon Matai Shang harbored ill for that pasty-faced godling. |
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