- In Māori tradition, the
Maero (or
Mohoao) are an iwi-atua or
supernatural people from New Zealand. They are
sometimes described as
giants or wild men of...
-
tradition of the
Whanganui area, Tukoio, a
mortal man, came
across a
Maero or
Mohoao, a wild
person or
monster much
feared in
Maori legend. The
creature instantly...
- the Ngāti
Maniapoto iwi. Initially, he
based himself at
Waiponga in the
Mohoao-nui swamp, near
modern Ōtorohanga.
After the
death of his father, Rereahu...
-
flounder (Rhombosolea retiaria), also
known by the Māori
language name
mohoao, is a
species of
flatfish in the
family Rhombosoleidae,
found around New...
- Maniapoto.
After this, Tū-tarawa
visited Maniapoto's house, Hikurangi, at
Mohoao-nui, a
little to the northwest.
Maniapoto also
served his
uncle bird-meat...
-
making a
ceramic pātiki (flounder). This
piece is
named Moeka o te Pâtiki
Mohoao (Sleeping
Ground of the Flounder) and has over 100
individual pieces. 1966...
- bully), īnanga,
kanae (yellow e**** mullet), kākahi (freshwater mussel),
mohoao (black flounder),
waikaka or
hauhau (brown mudfish), kōuru (freshwater crayfish)...
- (sub-tribes) of Ngāti Maniapoto.
Matakore and
Maniapoto both
settled in the
Mohoao-nui swamp, east of Ōtorohanga. They both
decided to
build houses at Waiponga...
