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Ruatapu was a son of the
great chief Uenuku, and a
master canoeist in
Polynesian tradition who is said to have
lived around 30
generations ago. Most Māori...
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attempt on his life by his half-brother
Ruatapu. On the
island of Aitutaki, he is also
known as a
brother of
Ruatapu, but is not as
famous as him. In an account...
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migration story where Ruatapu attempts to kill his
brother Paikea, one Ngāti
Porou tradition says that
Ruatapu summoned great waves that destro****...
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traditions from
further north in the Pacific,
Chief Uanuku Rakeiora and his son
Ruatapu are said to have
lived on Ra'iātea
Island just over 27
generations ago...
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Ruatapu is a
small town in the
Westland District in the West
Coast region of the
South Island of New Zealand. The town's name
stems from
Ruatapu, a figure...
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Galatea (Māori: Kuhawaea) is a
settlement in the Whakatāne
District in the Bay of
Plenty region of the
North Island of New Zealand. The
forested hills...
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Ruatapu Ngatikaura (born 27 May 2000) is a Cook
Islands international rugby league footballer who
plays as a
hooker for the
North Sydney Bears in the...
- family,
although platypuses were
never comfortable with
other animals. Nu'u
Ruatapu Tāwhaki Witzel, E.J.
Michael (2012). The
Origins of the World's Mythologies...
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Tregear 1891:61 A. Reedy, Ngā Kōrero a Mohi
Ruatapu,
tohunga rongonui o Ngāti Porou: The
Writings of Mohi
Ruatapu (Canterbury
University Press: Christchurch)...
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According to oral tradition,
Manuae was
discovered by
Ruatapu, who
named it Manu-enua ("bird-land").
Ruatapu planted coconuts and
released birds there, and later...
