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Page 9. External links and sources

More links and websites

  • Taniwha

    This Wikipedia article on taniwha covers traditional aspects and modern controversy.


  • Tracking the taniwha

    This essay by Brett Ellison, exploring the role of taniwha in New Zealand identity, is featured on the Otago University Students' Association
    Critic website.


  • Transit and the taniwha

    This news feature from the New Zealand Herald site outlines a conflict with Transit New Zealand about taniwha locations..

More suggestions and sources

  • Orbell, Margaret. A concise encyclopedia of
    Māori myth and legend
    . Christchurch: Canterbury
    University Press, 1998.
  • Reed, A. W. Reed book of Māori
    mythology
    . revised by Ross Calman. Auckland: Reed, 2004.
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How to cite this page

Basil Keane, Taniwha, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/5808/sources (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Basil Keane, published 22 September 2012.