Io Matua Kore
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Io Matua Kore is the supreme god in Polynesian narrative.[citation needed]
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History
Io was first known generally with the publication in 1913 of Stephenson Percy Smith's two-volume work, The Lore of the Whāre-wananga.
The Io tradition was initially rejected by scholars including prominent Māori scholar Te Rangi Hīroa (Peter Buck), who wrote, "The discovery of a supreme God named Io in New Zealand was a surprise to Māori and Pākehā alike." Buck believed that the Io tradition was restricted to the Ngāti Kahungunu as a response to Christianity.
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