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The
Whare Kohanga
(The "Nest House")
and its Lore

Comprising Data Pertaining to Procreation, Baptism, and Infant Betrothal, &c.; Contributed by Members of the Ngati-Kahungunu Tribe of the North Island of New Zealand

by Elsdon Best

"He puta taua ki te tane, he whanau tama ki te wahine"
A. R. Shearer, Government Printer
Wellington, New Zealand
1975