RIUOPUANGA, (PATEA.)
November 9th 1874. To the Editor of the Wananga. Greeting to you, This is an answer to the inquiry of the Wananga which he sent to me in August last. 1. Iwi was Tamateao wife, Kahungunu, Kahukuranui, Rakaihikuroa, Tupurupuru, Rangituehu, Hineiao, Taraia, Ruawhare, Hinemanu, Tarahe, Tuterangi, te Naonao, Paramena, thirteen generations. 2. That Kahukare, was one of Tamatea's wives, Ruaehu, Ruawhakatina, Tararahiri, Punua,, Tukoroua, Tamapou, Whitikaupeka, Irokino, Tautahi, Tarahe, Tutarangi, te Naonao, Paramena, fourteen generations. 3. Our food was "pipi" and fernroot and here is the chaunt of those provisions. What will be food for us, "pipi's" and fernroot, the roots of the earth, it is the food which saved the persons, who are written "above.
4. The fruits of Taane (Hinau) Its proverb is, whenyou wake me from my sleep, it ought to be for the (Whatu-turei-arua) a cake made of Hinau berries. 5. Go son to the tye, so that son can sleep at Tataramoa, for the koko's, and also all that flies, which is hanged up on Harakia, yes. 6. Taro and Maori potatoes, which are called (Uhi,) Here is the chaunt for them. Where are these (Uhi) and (Taro's,) which dropped down from Wahieroa, head, &c., &c. * * * * The garden is finished to our friend and correspondents and Europeans friends. Na Paramena Naonao, te o Tuterangi.
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Wananga, Volume 1, Issue 9, 10 December 1874, Page 51
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221RIUOPUANGA, (PATEA.) Wananga, Volume 1, Issue 9, 10 December 1874, Page 51
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