Title: The Southern Districts of New Zealand : a Journal, with Passing Notices of the Customs of the Aborigines

Author: Edward Shortland

Publication details: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1851, London

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• The New Zealand Provincial Histories Collection
• New Zealand Texts Collection

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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IV.—Ko Te Mea I Kai-Kino Ai Te Tangata Maori.

Na Kai i timata—Ko Tutunui, he tohora. Titiro ana nga tamahine a Tinirau, ko Kai ka patua: na Tinirau i patu, kai rawa. Muri iho ko Tuhuruhuru ka patua hei utu mo Kai: ka ea te mate o Kai. Ka utua e Wakatau; ka mate ko Mangopare, ko Mangawaho. Na—titiro ana a Wakatau, ka tahuna te whare o Te Tiniomanono. Ka tahi ka tupu mai ki nga uri: katahi ka kaigna te tangata. No te whitinga mai, o Tainui, o Te Arawa, o Te Mataatua, ki tenei motu ka timata ai te kai-tangata.— Na Hoturoa tenei korero.