The Celestial Hawaiki was one of the God Realms, among the Inner Planes.[2] This small "pocket" dimension adjacent to Earth was the home to the Akua, a race of superhumanly powerful humanoid beings who have been worshiped by the Polynesian people of the central and southern Pacific Ocean as early as 1600 BC to modern times. Most of the Akua dwell in Hawaiki. An interdimensional nexus between Hawaiki and Earth exists somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, and the 12 floating, celestial islands that comprise Hawaiki are sometimes seen on the distant horizon at sunrise and sunset from the earthly plane.
Hawaiki was also inhabited by other beings below the Akua, such as wairua (spirits), tipua (goblins), taniwha (aquatic monsters) and patupaiarehe (forest-dwelling, faerie-like creatures).[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Thor & Hercules: Encyclopaedia Mythologica #1 ; The Akua's entry
- ↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z #12 ; Mystic Dimensions - From the Journals of Ian McNee: The Inner Planes, The God Realms's entry