RE HUMAN BONES

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 18 December 1928, Page 4

RE HUMAN BONES

(To the Editor.)

Sir, —f urther correcting the two previous writers who referred to some incident concerning the mystery cave which was found by different parties recently: The cave is situated about six miles east of Hawera. The' remains which were found in this mystery cave are those of the Ngamaliangas tribe, not those of the Te Ruakis or those of the Taki Ruahines tribe, as stated by a former writer and by Mr. Oliver Haddon. They are the remains of the Ngamaliangas tribe, who lived in a pa called the Waiharoto, from which at a distance of half a mile lies the mystery cave. The cave rested in the Matawhero stream, which flows into the Tongahoe River. The cave is a secret burial place of those who reside in the Waiharoto pa. Although we, the descendants of this incident, have gathered the remains of our great-grand-fathers and mothers to a proper rest-ing-place, wo do not want to see any ’trespassers interfere with their remains. Some of the descendants of these people who took up their restingplace in the cave are living about the district. Those who are worthy of mention are: Whakahihi, T. Tumararoa Tamaka, Awarua, Temateaiti, and P. Tamarapa; although Tekalii, Rangiumu, and S. Hauora, now residents of Whenuakura, are also worthy of mention. —I am, etc., H. TAMAKA.