Tū-te-hou-nuku

"Tū who burrows into the earth." A personage of pre-diluvian times. He exalted the incantations and ceremonies of Tū-mata-uenga and Rongo-ma-rae-roa.

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References

Source

  • White, John. (1887). Ancient History of the Maori. 6 vols. Wellington: G. Didsbury, Government Printer, p. 1:170.