Tū-te-raki-noa
"Stand in the common heaven." A personage of pre-diluvian times whose face was like that of God. Also called Tū-te-raki-paoa ("stand in the smoky heaven").
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References
Source
- White, John. (1887). Ancient History of the Maori. 6 vols. Wellington: G. Didsbury, Government Printer, p. 1:169.