Rongorongo

The wife of Turi, the chief of the Aotea canoe. She was ancestress of the Whanganui and Ngāti-ruanui tribes. The Aotea was given to her as a present by her father.

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References

Sources

  • Grey, Sir George. (1855). Polynesian Mythology. Auckland: Brett, p. 129, 114 (Māori part).
  • Tregear, Edward. (1891). Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary. Wellington: Government Printer, p. 426.