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Moehau

For mountain range, see Moehau Range.

In New Zealand folklore, the moehau (also called the maeroero) is a creature said to dwell in the Coromandel-Moehau ranges of New Zealand's North Island. Some Māori people suggest that the creature is a descendant of the maero, but another explanation for the moehau is that it was an exaggerated report of an escaped gorilla.[1]

However, in 1970, County Councillor J. Reddy told Robyn Gosset that the Hairy Moehau was an exaggeration started from a joke.[2] Also in 1970, Bob Grey told researcher Robyn Gosset that the term Moehau Monster came from a name given to a Yankee steam hauler that was utilized for logging.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Turner, P. National Geographic Traveler: New Zealand. p. 116
  2. ^ a b Gosset, Robyn, New Zealand Mysteries 2nd Edition, The Bush Press of New Zealand, Auckland, 1996

Further reading

  • Alpers, Antony, Maori Myths and Tribal Legends, John Murray, London, 1964
  • Beattie, Herries, Maori Lore of Lake, Alp and Fiord, Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers Co. Ltd., Dunedin, 1945
  • Gosset, Robyn, New Zealand Mysteries 2nd Edition, The Bush Press of New Zealand, Auckland, 1996
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