Pouakai
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Pouakai may refer to:
- an alternative spelling of PoukaiPoukaiIn Māori mythology, Pouakai, Poukai, Hokioi, or Hakawai is a monstrous bird that ate people.According to an account given to Sir George Grey, an early governor of New Zealand, Hokioi were huge black-and-white predators with a red crest and yellow-green tinged wingtips.In some Māori legends Pouakai...
, a bird monster in Polynesian mythology who ate humans - Haast's Eagle, an extinct bird of New Zealand
- an eroded, extinct volcano on the northern flank of Mount TaranakiMount TaranakiMount Taranaki, or Mount Egmont, is an active but quiescent stratovolcano in the Taranaki region on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island. Although the mountain is more commonly referred to as Taranaki, it has two official names under the alternative names policy of the New Zealand...