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What is a taniwha?

What is a taniwha? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (New Zealand) A spirit or monster in Maori mythology, especially one that dwells in the water.
  2. (New Zealand) A person who embodies the spirit of a taniwha.
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There is room for politics in the church, room for crosses and prayer mats and taniwha.
Ken Shirley, who was somehow in his fantasy land, started talking about taniwha.
If people want to believe in tooth fairies, or leprechauns, or hobgoblins, or taniwha, or whatever, it is their right to do that.
One day as she was bathing a taniwha seized her and dragged her down into his lair below the lake.
Goblins may still be lurking, but it is the taniwha that has been nurtured.
I need only remind members that the hold-up of work on the Highway was because of a taniwha.

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