Rākatauā

The father of Kōwhiti-nui, a boy murdered by the hero Rata. Rākatauā, being left behind in Hawaiki, came to New Zealand on the back of a tāniwha, a water monster.

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References

Sources

  • Shortland, Edward. (1882). Maori Religion and Mythology. London: Longmans Green, p. 6.
  • Tregear, Edward. (1891). Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary. Wellington: Government Printer, p. 387.