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- Mon Jul 02, 2018 5:27 am
- Forum: Categorization / Standardization
- Topic: Potatau, Scenes in Maoriland
- Replies: 5
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Re: Potatau, Scenes in Maoriland
I see no reason to believe that Abe Potatau existed. Neither the first Maori king (Potatau, d.1860) nor his son Tawhiao (d.1894) had a son named Abe, or anything that could be so anglicized. The Potatau iwi are Waikato based and I do not see any particular connections to Rotorua or Arawa. It is poss...