Hotu-puku

A celebrated lizard monster, or tāniwha, slain at Kapenga by Purahokura and the men of Rotorua.

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References

Sources

  • Grey, Sir George. (1853). Ko Nga Moteatea, Me Nga Hakirara O Nga Maori, Wellington: Robert Stokes, Appendix.
  • Tregear, Edward. (1891). Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary. Wellington: Government Printer, p. 86.