Taniwha in a sentence

A fuller version of the saying, "Waikato taniwha rau, he piko he taniwha, he piko he taniwha" (Waikato of a hundred taniwha, a taniwha on each bend) implies that there is a taniwha, that is, a powerful chief, on each bend of the Waikato River.

Hine-kōrako was a female taniwha who married a human man, and Pānia was a woman from the sea who married a human and gave birth to a taniwha (Orbell 1998:150).

Many taniwha were killers but in this particular instance the taniwha Kaiwhare was eventually tamed by Tamure.

Taniwha acted as guardians by warning of the approach of enemies, communicating the information via a priest who was a medium; sometimes the taniwha saved people from drowning.

This taniwha was said to have the appearance of large white eel, and Ngāti Naho argued that it must not be removed but rather move on of its own accord; to remove the taniwha would be to invite trouble.

Although he was unable to kill it, his actions tamed the taniwha.

Another story concerns three taniwha which escorted (Ngāti) Ruanui and Ngā Puhi on the journey from Hawaiki after the people called out to the atua (spiritual overlords) seeking a means of safe passage.

Beliefs in the existence of taniwha have a potential for controversy where they have been used to block or modify development and infrastructure schemes.

Etymology and Pacific analogues Linguists have reconstructed the word taniwha to Proto-Oceanic *tanifa, with the meaning "shark species".

In 2010 there was an episode of Destination Truth where Josh Gates and his team went looking for the taniwha, but turned up no good evidence.

In harvest time, the first kūmara ( sweet potato ) or the first taro was often presented to the taniwha.

In the legend "The Taniwha of Kaipara " three sisters went out to pick berries.

Legends credit certain taniwha with creating harbours by carving out a channel to the ocean.

Many of these taniwha are described as beings of lizard-like form, and some of the stories say the huge beasts were cut up and eaten by the slayers.

Many years passed and the woman bore the taniwha six sons, with three like their father and three fully human.

Often these conflicts took place soon after the settlement of New Zealand, generally after a taniwha had attacked and eaten a person from a tribe that it had no connection with.

Other taniwha allegedly caused landslides beside lakes or rivers.

Reed makes the comment that Hotu-puku's stomach contents constituted a fairly standard list that was repeated in many other taniwha stories.

Tamure and Kaiwhare wrestled and Tamure clubbed the taniwha over the head.

Tamure lived at Hauraki and was understood to have a magical mere pounamu with powers to defeat taniwha.