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Moeterauri a Mai, more commonly referred to as Moe (Moé or Moë, 1850 – 1890) was a Tahitian chiefess and briefly Queen of Raiatea, as the wife of Tamatoa V.

Her name Moe-te-ra-uri means "Sleep-in-darkened-sun" in Tahitian. She was named after the ancient Polynesian chief by the same name.

Moe-te-ra-uri a Moe-Tati Maheanu’u-a-Mai, Ari‘irahi of Huahine and Pare-Arue (1850-1890). Wife of King Tamatoa V of Raiatea. She was the eldest daughter of Tehapapai Maheanu’u-a-Mai, of Fa’aa, Judge of the High Court, Pastor and Mbr Supreme Council of Churches, by his wife, Teri’i-tau-mai-te-ra’i Tepau-a-Tati Ma-hea-nu’u-vahine, youngest daughter of Tetapu-a-Ta’aroa [Tepa’u], the eldest son of Tati Taura-atua-i-Patea, Ari‘irahi of Papara.

Moeterauri a Mai, born 1st July 1850 in Fa'a, died 12th December 1890, and had issue

Called by Henry Adams as the "nicest royalty".

MOETERAURI A MAI

She had many brothers and sisters, including Temauiari'i, the husband of Queen Teriimaevarua II of Bora Bora.

Life
Born in 1850, she was the daughter of Tehapai Maheanuu a Mai and Teri'i-tau-mai-te-ra'i. Her father was a chief from the Faaa district in western Tahiti while her mother was a chiefess of Teva clan from southern Tahiti.

Her paternal great-grandfather was Mai, chief of Bora Bora, from whom her family designate their name. Tati, the powerful district chief of Papara and head of Teva clan, was her maternal great-grandfather. The Mai family had control of the island of Bora Bora as subordinate chiefs of the Tapoa family.

), eldest daughter of Te-He-papai Ma-hea-nu'u-a-Mai, of Fa'aa, Judge of the High Court, Pastor and Mbr. Supreme Cncl. of Churches, by his wife, Teri'i Tau-mai-te-ra'i Tepau-a-Tati Ma-hea-nu'u-vahine, youngest daughter of Tetapu-a-Ta'aroa [Tepa'u], the eldest son of Tati Taura-atua-i-Patea, Ari'i-rahi of Papara. He d. at Ra'iatea, 30th September 1881, having had issue, one son and five daughters - see Tahiti.

When George Herbert, 13th Earl of Pembroke visited the islands with Dr. George Henry Kingsley in 1870, he was strickened by his wife's charm and beauty and referred the king and queen as "Beauty and the Beast."

Called by Henry Adams as the "nicest royalty". She was well-liked and adored by travelers such as Constance Gordon-Cumming and Robert Louis Stevenson, who wrote the poem "To an Island Princess" in his Songs of Travel: It was not long I waited; soon

Upon my threshold, in broad noon,

Gracious and helpful, wise and good

The Fairy Princess Moë stood.



Although the idiot of Teva again appears here, Niufi and his boast now concern our side of the island very little and the Pomares not at all, for in Niufi's time the ancestors of the Pomares were still probably chiefs of Fakarava or Faarava, one of the low coral islands of the Pau-motu archipelago, some two hundred and fifty miles northeast of Tahiti. The exact date of the first Tu's arrival in Tahiti is unknown. Even the generation cannot be fixed. I can say with certainty only that the Pomares were always ashamed of their Paumotu descent, which they considered a flaw in their heraldry and which was a reproach to them in the eyes of Tahitians, for all Tahitians regarded the Paumotus as savage and socially inferior. The Pomares religiously tried to hide the connection in every possible way, and very few Tahitians would have dared to make even an allusion to the subject in their presence, for it might have been taken as an insult and perhaps cost the jester his life. Once such an allusion was tried and was ignored. Moe, the wife of Tama-toa, son of Pomare IV, and herself Queen of Raiatea, was talking with her mother-in-law, Queen Pomare IV -- Aimata, of whom I shall have much to say, -- who spoke of naming one of her horses "Teva." Moe objected that Teva was a name to which the Pomares had no right; "It belongs to me, the great-grandchild of Tati. Why don't you call your horse 'Paumotu'?" The queen quietly replied: "That's an idea! My father was very fond of the Paumotus. I remember when they came to visit Tahiti, Pomare used to receive them as his most honored guests, and I was often the loser by it." 

Marriage and children
She married to King Tamatoa V at Raiatea, July 12, 1863. Through this union they had six children:


 * 1) Teriʻi-o-uru-maona (July 16, 1867 – December 15, 1872), nominated as heir to the Tahitian throne as Pōmare VI by her grandmother Queen Pōmare IV.
 * 2) Teriʻi-vae-tua (September 22, 1869 – 1917), who married her second cousin Norman Brander, nephew of Queen Marau, by whom she had a son named Norman Winifield Tamatoa Te-vahi-tua-i-Pa-tea.
 * 3) Teriʻimaevarua III (May 28, 1871 – November 19, 1932), succeeded her aunt and namesake as Queen of Bora Bora, and married her cousin Prince Hinoi; they had no children.
 * 4) Tamatoa (September 22, 1872 – September 9, 1873), died young.
 * 5) Teriʻi-na-vaho-roa (November 22, 1872 –), who married her second cousin Opuhara Salmon, son of Tati Salmon, high chief of Papara, by whom she had several children.
 * 6) ʻO ʻAi-mata Teriʻi-vahine-i-titaua-o-ote-raʻi (June 29, 1878 – April 3, 1894), died young.

Tamatoa, who became king of Raiatea as Tamatoa V, December I, 1860, married Moe (Sleep), sister of Te-maui-ari'i just mentioned, at Ra'iatea July 12, 1863. They had six children, two of whom are dead. 1. Teri'io-uru-maona (Sovereign-of- ...

Mr. Platt queen of his realm as Maevarua I. She married Te-maui-ari'i (The-royal-prayer), son of the high chief and chiefess Ma-pea-nu'u (With-which- host), of Fa'a'a and descendant of King Ma'i of Porapora, February 28, 1866.

11. Te-hapai (L'enveloppe), t.,- plus tard appelé Ma-hea-nu'u (Avec quel hôte) à Tahiti.

Ma-hea-nu'u (He-papai), ancien Tcri'i-tau-mai-te-ra'i. (Souverain dee- pasteur de l'église de Fa'a'a à cendant du ciel) ou Ma-hea-nu"u Tahiti vahine, petite-fille de Tati I, de Papara et cheffease de Fa'a'a.

Teri'i-tau-mai-te-ra'i (Souverain descendant de ciel) ou Ma-hea-nu'u-vahine, petite-fille de Tati I, de Papara et cheffesse de Fa'a'a


 * 1. Te-maui-arl'i (La prière royale), t., gendre de la reine Pomare IV.
 * 2. Ha'apona (Descendu), t., pasteur de l'église de Fa'a'a.
 * 3. Moe (Sommeil), v., femme de Tamatoa V, de Ra'iatea.
 * 4. Nlnito (Encercle), v.
 * 5. Ari'î-ta'l menema (Souverain pleurant pour caveau), t.
 * 6. 'Aro mai-te-ra'l (Guerre venant du ciel).

7. Mano, ancien pasteur de l'église 'Ahu-'ura (Robe de plumes 'ura), de Tautira cheffesse de Tautira, Tahiti.