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by Micha F. Lindemans

The first man, the divine ancestor of the Polynesians. He led his people in their fleet to the islands of Polynesia. He was created by Tu Matauenga or, according to another version, by Tane. One day he found a woman in a pond, and she became his wife by seducing him.