Talk:Tangata manu

Translation error?
"bird-man," from tangata "bird" + manu "human beings", Should be : "bird-man," from tangata "human beings" + manu "bird"  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.1.81.228 (talk) 08:55, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

What's going on here?
From the article "The contestants would each appoint a Hopu who would swim to Motu Nui and fetch them the Egg, ... Once the first egg was collected, the final task would be for the unsuccessful contestants to return to Orongo, the winner allowed to remain in Motu Nui until he felt spiritually prepared to return."

As written, this is incomprehensible. The first sentence quoted would seem to imply that the winner is the first person to get the Egg back to Orongo, but the second sentence seems to imply that the winner was recognized while still on Motu Nui. Someone who understands this needs to explain it.


 * This contradiction has apparently been addressed and fixed. Gap9551 (talk) 05:43, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

Last birdman
--KAVEBEAR (talk) 06:10, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Rukunga, the last bird man died in 1866

A local tour guide tells the story differently
Specifically, that the finder of the first egg tries to deliver it to the contestant, and if he fails to deliver it unbroken, other people have their chance. Leob (talk) 03:02, 24 June 2019 (UTC)