Two Short Maori Yarns

I think I have written down all the stray reminiscences I can recall and what I am adding here are two amusing short yarns which I have always enjoyed, though I cannot vouch for their authenticity. The first is current among the Maoris and for the second my authority is no less a person than the late Mr. Justice Alpers. The versatile judge must have liked the Maoris for we read that he spent several months among them in the Waikato.