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- ↑ Andersen, Johannes C. (18 December 2012). Myths & Legends of the Polynesians. Tuttle Publishing. p. 360. ISBN 978-1-4629-0778-6.
- ↑ Andersen, Johannes Carl (1907). Maori Life in Ao-tea. Whitcombe and Tombs limited.
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