Uenga-pua-ariki
A legendary Māori chief, captain of the Horauta (Takitūmu) canoe, in the migration stories. He is the ancestor of the Ngāti-ruanui tribe.
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References
Source
- Tregear, Edward. (1891). Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary. Wellington: Government Printer, pp. 21, 572.