Tūpara-haki

A daughter of Takakōpiri and Kāhu-rere-moa. She was the ancestress of the Ngāti-paoa tribe. She is supposed to have lived some eleven generations (about 275 years) before 1853 CE.

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References

Sources

  • Grey, Sir George. (1855). Polynesian Mythology. Auckland: Brett, p. 168.
  • Tregear, Edward. (1891). Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary. Wellington: Government Printer, p. 555.