between Tokomaru Bay and Waipiro and in Whai-a-Pawa or Pawa's stingaree which today is known as Matakaoa Point. On a calm day Pawa's stingaree, in the form of a grey rock, can be seen at the bottom of the sea. Pawa was trying to capture the long-legged Rongokako. He set a trap on Tawhiti hill but the giant, with his tremendous strides, eluded it. In his pursuit of the giant, Pawa left behind him his little daughter, Maroheia, at Matakaoa, and on his return he found her petrified and embracing Ihutoto rock. The spot is known today as Maroheia. The Maori poetess draws a parallel between Maroheia and Hamaiwaho. One was found stranded on a rock, the other turned into the rock she hugs today. The poetess blames Pawa for neglecting Maroheia and herself, for not minding her relative, Hamaiwhao, as she puts it, ‘I minded not and Pawa neglected, Hence Maroheia's ‘bracing Ihutoto.” Karika's band, band of death. Tangaroa's field, the sea. Tangaroa is the Maori Neptune. Ihiwa, a rock at East Cape. Totara ridge, near Te Aroroa. To be cleansed, anybody touching a dead person needs to be cleansed. To be an orphan is to love a dead parent, and so in a way the child is polluted.

REWETI KOHERE In Reweti Kohere, this magazine has lost one of its most valued contributors. Every reader of Te Ao Hou knows his scholarly presentation of Maori songs, and this was only one facet of his work. His profound love of the Maori language and its literary heritage was almost unequalled in our time. It was only towards the end of his life that he began to publish books in English. These works will have a special place in our literature, and will be treasured by all who knew him. In our next issue we shall publish an appreciation of Reweti Kohere by the Rev. Dan Kaa. On this this and the previous page we reproduce a contribution which he wrote for Te Ao Hou shortly before his death which shows his strong grasp of Maori language and history.

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