Tau-nui-a-tara

"Great year of Tara." A god who rules over the tides and who lived far away on the open ocean. He was an ancestor of Ue-nuku.

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References

Sources

  • Tregear, Edward. (1891). Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary. Wellington: Government Printer, p. 490.
  • White, John. (1887). Ancient History of the Maori. 6 vols. Wellington: G. Didsbury, Government Printer, p. 3:48.