Itu-pawa

One of the gods who were brought to New Zealand by Kuiwai, her sister Haunga-roa, and three other women. The women were borne over the ocean only by the power of these gods. They landed at Tāwhiuwhiu on North Island.

The god was preserved at Mokoia, in Lake Rotorua.

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References

Sources

  • Grey, Sir George. (1855). Polynesian Mythology. Auckland: Brett, p. 102.
  • Taylor, Richard. (1870). Te Ika a Maui. 2nd ed. London: Macintosh, p. 31.
  • Tregear, Edward. (1891). Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary. Wellington: Government Printer, p. 109.
  • White, John. (1885). "Maori Customs and Superstitions." In T. W. Gudgeon, History and Doings of the Maoris from 1820 to 1840. Auckland: Brett, pp. 97-225, p. 171.