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Poukai

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In Māori mythology, the pouakai or poukai is a monstrous bird. [1]

10 relations: Adzebill, Finsch's duck, Haast's eagle, Hakawai, Māori mythology, Māori people, Moa, New Zealand goose, South Canterbury, South Island.

Adzebill

The adzebills, genus Aptornis, were two closely related bird species, the North Island adzebill, Aptornis otidiformis, and the South Island adzebill, Aptornis defossor, of the extinct family Aptornithidae.

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Finsch's duck

Finsch's duck (Chenonetta finschi) was a large terrestrial species of duck formerly endemic to New Zealand.

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Haast's eagle

The Haast's eagle (Harpagornis moorei) is an extinct species of eagle that once lived in the South Island of New Zealand, commonly accepted to be the Pouakai of Maori legend.

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Hakawai

Hakawai, also Hokioi in the North Island, was to the New Zealand Māori people, a mythological bird that was sometimes heard but not usually seen.

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Māori mythology

Māori mythology and Māori traditions are the two major categories into which the legends of the Māori of New Zealand may usefully be divided.

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Māori people

The Māori are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand.

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Moa

The moa were nine species (in six genera) of flightless birds endemic to New Zealand.

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New Zealand goose

The New Zealand geese formed the extinct genus Cnemiornis of the family Anatidae, subfamily Anserinae.

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South Canterbury

South Canterbury is the name given semi-formally to the area of the Canterbury Region of the South Island of New Zealand bounded by the Rangitata River in the north and the Waitaki River (the border with the Otago Region) to the south.

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South Island

The South Island (Māori: Te Waipounamu) is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poukai

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