Parata

A chief of Hawaiki, mentioned as skillful at canoe-building. Together with Rata, Wahieroa, Ngahue, and others, he built the Arawa canoe.

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References

Sources

  • Grey, Sir George. (1855). Polynesian Mythology. Auckland: Brett, p. 83.
  • Tregear, Edward. (1891). Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary. Wellington: Government Printer, p. 320.