Tū-penu

A chief of Hawaiki. His rape upon the wife of Manaia led to his death and to a fierce war, and the migration of Manaia, with his followers, in the Tokomaru canoe to New Zealand.

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References

Sources

  • Grey, Sir George. (1855). Polynesian Mythology. Auckland: Brett, p. 138.
  • Tregear, Edward. (1891). Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary. Wellington: Government Printer, p. 555.