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Poutini ≠ Greenstone

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Poutini is not a Māori word for Greenstone - that's pounamu. Poutini is most often used as the Māori name for the star Rigel. I think that whoever claimed a connection with pounamu is somehow confusing the details of the legend of Ngahue and Poutini, (a summary of which can be found at Ngahue). Grutness...wha? 07:41, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]