Rua-i-te-pukenga

One of the personified forms of knowledge. He is the son of one Nuku-te-aoi. A Māori birth ritual goes: —

"Ka karapinepine te pu toto i a ia

Ki roto te whare wahi awa;

Ka whakawehtu tama i a ia

Ka riro mai a Rua-i-te-pukenga," etc.

These lines refer to the development of the foetus, and the acquirement of Rua-i-te-pukenga, i.e. knowledge.

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