Hoimatua

A near relation of Turi, the ancestor of the Whanganui tribe. He was the father of Pōtiki-roroa, the boy who was killed and eaten by the high priest Ue-nuku.

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References

Sources

  • Grey, Sir George. (1855). Polynesian Mythology. Auckland: Brett, p. 126.
  • Tregear, Edward. (1891). Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary. Wellington: Government Printer, p. 78.