Wairua
- Whakamārama
- Ka mate te tangata, ka wehe te wairua, ka tomo ki te Ao Wairua.
- Scope Note
- Wairua are spirits. At a person's death the wairua is freed from the tinana/body and enters the Ao Wairua.
- English Used For
- Spirits
- Tahūhū/Broader Term
- Tikanga tuku iho
- Heke/Narrower Term
- Taniwha
- Kaho/Related Term
- Ao wairua
- Atua
- Paipera Tapu
