Hey you guys - I love Coromandel and now you have put me off!
As for Maori stories - down here in the south my ancestors told the story of Pouaikai, a huge Eagle bigger than any Eagle presently living and it used to come down from the hills to catch Moa and eat it and also took young children but with the demise of the moa the Eagle became extinct. Well we now know that this Eagle did indeed exist and that the stories had to be based on truth
You never know about Moehau man - there just might be an element of truth - or there might not be!