Tūmatauenga
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The Tumatauenga is stamped on an RPM Pekapeka
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Tūmatauenga – Atua Series
This design features Tūmatauenga. Tumatauenga holds dominion over Te ira tangata – Man- kind, human activity, strategy and war. Tu-Mata-Uenga – Tu of the angry face is one of the many names of Tū.
Tū earned many names during his conquest over his siblings, such as Tū-ka-riri – Tū the angry, Tū-ka-nguha – Tū the fierce fighter, Tū-kai-taua – Tū the destroyer of armies, Tū-mata-whāiti – Tū the cunning, Tū-whakaheke-tangata -Tū the demoter of personages, Tūmatauenga defeated all his siblings in combat shortly after Tawhiri had tried to do the same. Thus proclaiming after each victory that each atua’s children shall be food his children.
The toi Māori represents red skies, symbolic of Tumatauenga.
– Jaye Pukepuke
About the Pekapeka
The RPM Pekapeka
THE PEKAPEKA AS A FAIRWAY DRIVER
The RPM Pekapeka is an understable fairway driver that will allow players to work the disc from left to right as a (right hand backhanded player, vice versa for lefties), hyzer flip down narrow corridors and lay down rollers when required. The small convex shaped rim is comfortable to hold and will be ideal for beginners. Intermediate and advanced players will also find good uses for this disc and it will become a mainstay in most peoples bags.
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- Model #: DGFD2
- PDGA Approved: Yes
- Diameter: 212mm
- Weight: 168-176g
- Speed: 9
- Glide: 6
- Turn: -3
- Fade: 1
- Plastic types: Strata / Cosmic / Atomic / Glow
THE PEKAPEKA – NZ LONG-TAILED BAT
Pekapeka is the Māori name for the New Zealand long-tailed bat, New Zealand’s only native land mammal. They roost and raise their young in tree cavities and occasionally caves. The Pekapeka is part of the microbat suborder and they use echolocation (very high-pitched sounds mostly above the range of human hearing) to navigate. The sounds they make are reflected back, and they use these reflections to locate and avoid objects in their path and to hunt. For this reason the Pekapeka will be able to navigate through those dark tightly wooded fairways with ease.
