New Zealand Puzzles

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 133, 29 February 1936, Page 23

New Zealand Puzzles

A Maori Riddle-Me-Ree. My first is in Waipiro but not in Waitara. • ,' My second is in Rotorua but not in Wairakei. My third is in,Mahia but not in Karainea. My fourth is in Urenui but not in Ilongotea. My fifth is fit Waitomo but not in Kawakawa. My sixth is in Tauranga but not in Waingawa. My seventh is in Whakatpne but not in Wairoa. , My eighth is in Taranaki but not in Korokoro. - \ . My ninth is in Waimarino but not in Akitio. •" ' My tenth is in Tarawera but not in Opotiki. | i My whole is a beautiful native flower. Maori Place Names : When you unravel-these New Zealand ■ place-names, their initials will spell something belonging to - New Zealand. Kanauaui has a large harbour; Pranaui has great electrical works. Amroau grinds wheat into flour. Trauroo has wonderful thermal springs. Ghannania is a railway junction on the West Coast. Hidden Boys’ Names. Has the Baron alder trees for sale? The rope terminated in a knot. Did you see the rick on fire? At Matamau rice could be grown.' Will you have porridge or.gerstenn? She tore a page off Reynold’s Calendar. LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS c irid the Nursery People. Simple Simon. Cinderella. Blackbird, Rye, Queen of Hearts, Knave. • Riddle-Me-Ree. < Aster. Hidden Boys’ Names. Ernest, Colin, Henry, Donald. Peter, Alan.

Tane Mahuta, the Maori god of all forests, and things made of wood, the lord of insects and birds, is perhaps the bestknown of the old deities, and many stories and legends have been told about him.