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Port Molyneux : the story of Maori and pakeha in South Otago : a centennial history : commemorating the landing of George Willsher and his companions at Willsher Bay, June 28, 1840 : with a programme for the unveiling of the centennial cairn, erected by the Clutha County Council, June 28, 1940

Tangata Huru

Tangata Huru.

Portrait of Tangata Huru

As the “ng” turns into a “k” in the southern dialect, he was known as Takata Huru. His name is given on some official documents at Rawiri Takata Huruhuru. Rawiri is Maori for David. During one of the early epidemics of measles, one cure was to eat a dog. He did so, and was one of the few that survived.