In Polynesian mythology, the Ponaturi are a group of spirits who killed Hema. In revenge, they were locked in a house by Hema's wife, Urutonga, and their sons, Tawhaki and Karihi, until the sun came up. The doors were flung open and the Ponaturi died at contact with sunlight.
... his last years he was quite blind.
Throughout his long professorial career, and in all his numerous publications he remained, in spite of occasional deviations on ...