Upoko-nui

"Big head." A child of Rangi-pōtiki by Papa-tū-a-nuku, begotten after Rangi had been wounded by Tangaroa. These children were all weak or sickly.

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References

Source

  • White, John. (1887). Ancient History of the Maori. 6 vols. Wellington: G. Didsbury, Government Printer, p. 1:23.