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Hot Lakes Chronicle, Volume 5, Issue 219, 13 February 1897, Page 4

HIHKMOASTORE TtrrLLIAM ROGERS directs* at- * tention to the following lines of Bycroft's Snowdrift N.Z. Flour 1 Sultanas, Muscatel and Valencia Rai« sins, and Currants Figs and Preserved Ginger, Spices Lemon and Orange Peel White Sugar—A Speciality. New Zealand Dairv Association's Bu'S ter. TEA. COFFEE. COCOA. General Assortment of Storekeeper'? Goods. HIHEHJWTSTORE. >ld warriors who' lftado history on tli iattle grounds of Ruatahuna and Ti: iVairoa, of Te Papuni and To AVhaiti-nui i-Toii They tell in serious tones of the [ormation of the Waittaremoana Lak<;, >f Malm and Haumapuhi; and of the mgo Taniwha ltuamano at To Papuni, if the enchanted dogs at Taneatua, and he woman demon, Iliile-rtiarangi, who ippcars in the form of a bird and whose [ppearanceis a sign .of death.' Two of the most interesting chapters n Mr Best's book refer to the relic of [hallio worship amongst the Urewera, [hero arc two sacred hinau trees, one sailed 'Te Iho-o K&taka,' which is at iuatahuna, and the other 'Te Huna-mna-a-Po,' at the Horonianga Creek. Jntil recent years barren women who doired children were accustomed to -visit hesc trees and embrace them. One side >f the former tree is called the taha-tane male side), and the other taha-wahine female side). The Ngati-manawa and Jgati-apa people still retain a belief in hese tapu trees. After giving particulars Connected with the sacred hinaus, wh.'oh *lr Best has been the first to investigate, le remarks: — , ' The cult of the phallic symbol has

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