Ponga

A famous chief of Awhitu, and one of the fiercest enemies of the people of Waikato. He eloped with a young lady named Puhi-huia from the pa called Maungawhau (now Mount Eden, near Auckland). Ponga disappeared, and none knew how he died.

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References

Sources

  • Grey, Sir George. (1855). Polynesian Mythology. Auckland: Brett, p. 187.
  • Tregear, Edward. (1891). Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary. Wellington: Government Printer, p. 351.
  • White, John. (1887). Ancient History of the Maori. 6 vols. Wellington: G. Didsbury, Government Printer, p. 4:116.