Tai-tu-auro-o-te-marowhara

The daughter of the renowned chieftain Kupe. The big rolling waves of the West Coast were named after her, hence the proverb: Tai-hau-auru i whakaturia e Kupe ki te Maro-whara.

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References

Sources

  • Shortland, Edward. (1882). Maori Religion and Mythology. London: Longmans Green, p. 84.
  • Tregear, Edward. (1891). Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary. Wellington: Government Printer, p. 448.