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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19137, 5 October 1936, Page 13

The. rainfall in Napier during Sept em-1 her only amounted to 1.67 in. Planting; of vegetable gardens in Stratford is being delayed considerably this season by the wet, weather and the sodden conditions of the soil. The silvery notes of the shining cuckoo, harbinger of spring, arc to he heard in the native bush section of the esplanade, writes a lhilmerslon North correspondent on Thursday. The cry of one w-ji's heard. The shining cuckoo is among the most notable of the emigratory birds of the world. The Maoris hel f ) it in special regard, and called it, pipivvliaraiii'oa. Before the coming of the Europeans they welcomed il as the messenger of spring. A Mauri proverb says: ''Kb tangi te wliaraunou, ko nga, ka'rerc a Mahuru." or "If the shining I euckooo cries, it is the. message of Manure" (the spring personified).