This drawing shows the giant Kōpūwai and his two-headed dogs. Kōpūwai lived with his kurī in a lair by the Mataau (Clutha) River in Otago. When he kidnapped a young girl, he was hunted down and killed along with his dogs by the girl’s relatives.
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Reference:
Pauline Cartwright, Kopuwai the water swallower. Auckland: Scholastic, 1998, p. 9
Drawing by Phillip Paea
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