Matuku
Matuku may refer to: * ''Matuku'' (bird), monotypic genus of a Miocene heron from New Zealand * Matuku Island, Fiji * Matuku (Tonga) * Matuku-tangotango, monster in Māori mythology * Māori language name for the Australasian bittern The Australasian bittern (''Botaurus poiciloptilus''), also known as the brown bittern or matuku hūrepo, and also nicknamed the "bunyip bird", is a large bird in the heron family Ardeidae. A secretive bird with a distinctive booming call, it is ...

Matuku-tangotango
In Māori mythology, Matuku-tangotango (Matuku) is an ogre who kills Wahieroa the son of Tāwhaki. In some versions, Matuku lives in a cave called Putawarenuku. Rātā, the son of Wahieroa, sets off to avenge his murdered father, and arrives at last at Matuku's village. He hears from Matuku's servant that at the new moon his master can be killed at the pool where he washes his face and hair.If Matuku-tangotango is imagined as bittern-like, he can be imagined as washing his plumage at the pool, because the Māori word for 'hair' or 'feathers' is the same: 'huruhuru' When the new moon has come, Rātā waits until the ogre comes out of his cave and is leaning over with his head in the pool. He grabs him by the hair and kills him. Rātā then sets off to rescue his father's bones from the Ponaturi In Māori mythology, the Ponaturi are a group of hostile creatures (goblins) who live in a land beneath the sea by day, returning to shore each evening to sleep. They dread daylight, which i ...
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Matuku Island
Matuku is a volcanic island in the Moala subgroup of Fiji's Lau archipelago. Located at 19.18° South and 179.75° East, Matuku covers an area of 57 square kilometers. It has a maximum elevation of 385 meters. Matuku is part of a group of islands known as Yasayasa Moala. There are altogether seven villages in Matuku namely Yaroi, Natokalau, Qalikarua, Levukaidaku, Makadru, Raviravi and Lomati. There are conflicting accounts on whether or not the island was conquered by the Tongans led by the Tongan Prince Enele Ma'afu. Oral history passed down through the native Matuku people states that the island was not conquered by Enele Ma'afu whilst historical records state other wise. Thomas Williams a missionary in the island group records in a journal entry that Matuku was conquered by Ma'afu in 1853 after a three month long siege at the principle village of Yaroi.
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Matuku (Tonga)
Matuku is a tiny island in Lulunga, a part of Haapai in Tonga. It is easily reached by outboard motorboat from the neighbouring hub of Haafeva and is on the course from there to the culturally important island of Kotu Kotu may refer to: * KOTU-LP, a low-power radio station (107.7 FM) licensed to Riddle, Oregon, US * Kotu Island Kotu is an island in Lulunga district, in the Ha'apai islands of Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, P .... The main village is on the northwest side. It has a government primary school. A wharf is constructed on the east side, but it is never used. The island had a population of 89 in 2016. References Islands of Tonga Haʻapai {{Tonga-geo-stub ...
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Matuku (bird)
''Matuku otagoense'', also referred to as the Saint Bathans heron, is an extinct genus and species of heron from the Early Miocene of New Zealand. It was described from fossil material collected in 2007 from the Saint Bathans Fauna of the Bannockburn Bannockburn ( Scottish Gaelic ''Allt a' Bhonnaich'') is an area immediately south of the centre of Stirling in Scotland. It is part of the City of Stirling. It is named after the Bannock Burn, a stream running through the town before flowing i ... Formation in Otago, South Island. It was a contemporary of the much smaller Saint Bathans bittern, remains of which have been found in the same sediments. The genus name ''matuku'' is a Māori-language word meaning “heron” or "bittern". The specific epithet is a latinisation of the name of the Otago region where the descriptive material was collected. References Fossil taxa described in 2010 Birds described in 2010 Ardeidae Herons Miocene birds Extinct birds of N ...
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