1. Rolling fibre (muka) over the thigh to make twine is called ‘miro’. 2. When the string is made with the help of the toes, the process is known as whiri or korito. A knot behind the big toe holds the twine in position. 3. Splitting the blade: butt end of the raupo is in Mrs Reihana's left hand. Into this category falls the story told to Te Ao Hou by Mrs Teihana, crafts expert of the Otaki League. She was told by her father that the poi was originally a moonlight dance, performed by the side of a river or stream on a moonlight night. The spot selected was usually one where steeplejack grew overshadowing the water. On such a night the young men would first arrive and sit down. Then the maidens came and did a poi dance, using the long poi. The young men would look on and see whom among them they fancied. At the end of the dance the maidens swung into the water from the steeplejacks and the young men pursued the maidens of their choice. The poi performed by three young women at Te Ao Hou's visit to Otaki is sometimes known as the Shanghai, but is also known as the Raukawa poi. It consists of nine distinct movements: puritai, pakihiwi, keiteringa, pakihiwi, keiwaho, hipeka, keitetaha, kiarua and whakamutunga. Photographically, these movements are almost impossible to record; film is the only useable medium. The Raukawa poi is a military one, dating from the first world war. It ends with a movement representing a military salute. Graceful and