Ponaturi

My creature from falling into Rarohenga is the Ponaturi. The Ponaturi is a water person that lives in the underwater village. They helped a boy called Kae and made a waka and then went under the surface. The boy Kae thought they were mermaids. The boy Kae played a song for the Ponaturi and they hummed to the music.

• In Maori History the ponaturi are a group of Hostile creatures and they look like goblins.

• They spend most of their time in the water.

• They come out of the water to sleep in the evening sun.

• They are in a number of stories like: the story of Tawhaki.

• In the story of falling into Rarohenga the ponaturi helped a boy needed to get across The river and they gave him a boat as a thank you for the song he sang for them.

Falling Into Rarohenga: The Ponaturi

The Ponaturi is a part of the story of falling into Rarohenga they helped a boy called Kae to get across the river to find his sister Tui. Tui went with a Taniwha and it had paua coloured eyes. Kae was singing a song for the Ponaturi and they hummed to the music. The river of Rarohenga is where the Ponaturi live and they live in a village at the bottom of the river.

The story of the Ponaturi

 Ponaturi was in New Zealand for a long time. Now they are a legend and New Zealanders believe that they were real and I believe in them as well. When a boy called Kae sang to a ponaturi and then more came and hummed to the sound of the ukulele Kae was playing.