Hinemoa Explained

Hinemoa is a popular female Māori given name, often shortened to Hine. It is particularly associated with Hinemoa and Tūtānekai, a Māori legend about a couple kept apart. Other people with the name include:

• Hinemoa Elder, New Zealand youth forensic psychiatrist

The name can also refer to:

Films

• Hinemoa (1913 film), a silent film made in New Zealand (1913) by Gaston Méliès
• Hinemoa (1914 film), a silent film made in New Zealand (1914) by George Tarr
• The Romance of Hine-moa, a silent film made in New Zealand (1927) by Gustav Pauli

Snails

• Hinemoa (gastropod), a genus of small sea snails
• Hinemoa forticingulata, a species of sea snail
• Hinemoa indica, a species of sea snail
• Hinemoa punicea, a species of sea snail
• Placostylus ambagiosus hinemoa, an extinct subspecies of very large, air-breathing land snail
• Cantharidus antipoda hinemoa, a subspecies of sea snail

Other

• Hinemoa Planitia, a plain on the planet Venus
• NZGSS Hinemoa, a New Zealand government steamer