Ao-kehu

A powerful hero or tohunga — priest — who slew Tū-tae-poroporo, the great tāniwha of the Wanganui River.

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References

Sources

  • Kauika, Wiremu. (1904). "Tutae-Poroporo, the Taniwha Slain by Ao-Kehu at Whanganui." Journal of the Polynesian Society 13:94-98, pp. 94-98.
  • Tregear, Edward. (1891). Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary. Wellington: Government Printer, p. 15.