Tū-ure-nui

A son of Manaia. He accompanied his father from Hawaiki to New Zealand. The Urenui river at Taranaki was named after him.

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References

Sources

  • Grey, Sir George. (1855). Polynesian Mythology. Auckland: Brett, p. 140.
  • Tregear, Edward. (1891). Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary. Wellington: Government Printer, p. 568.