Whanaumoana

A son of Turi. He was born in mid-ocean on the voyage from Hawaiki to New Zealand, and is best known as Tūtawa. He was father of the winged people of Waitotara.

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References

Sources

  • Grey, Sir George. (1855). Polynesian Mythology. Auckland: Brett, p. 135.
  • Tregear, Edward. (1891). Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary. Wellington: Government Printer, p. 609.