Te Hau-o-te-Rangi — Maori records of Pouwa aren't myth they're observation logs

Most Western sources file the Pouwa under "mythology" and call it a day. I find that lazy. Maori oral tradition around the Urewera ranges describes a large black raptor capable of taking children and small adults. Haast's Eagle was real — Harpagornis moorei, confirmed by fossil record, hunted moa, w……