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280 Transactions. 



Pio, " The pakura are a troublesome folk. They are the offspring ot Hine- 

 wairua-kokako. Most evil are the actions of that ancestress and her off- 

 spring in pulling up and devouring the food of the Maori people. When 

 seen assailing the crops a person goes to hiehie them (to drive them away 

 by shouting at them). This is the ivhakahiehie : — 



Hie ! Hie ! 



Haere ki te huhi 



Haere ki te repo 



Haere ki a Hine-wairua-kokako. 



Hie ! Hie ! 



Haere ki a Hine-wairua-kokako 



Hie! Hie! 



The sign by which the Maori kriows the approach of daylight comes from 

 the pahura. Its cry is heard about midnight, again later on, and again a 

 third time. The third cry tells us that daylight is at hand." 



Quail. — The New Zealand quail was known in this district, but disappeared 

 many years ago. It was once numerous in open country, and was taken 

 with nets. It is Coturnix novce-zealandice. The Native names of the quail 

 given by Williams are koreke, koikoiareke, koitareke, kokoreke, koutareke, and 

 tareke. 



Bearea ; syn., Korimako, Korihimako, Kopara, Kokomako, Kokorimako 

 (Anthornis melanura ; Bell-bird). — The rearea was sometimes speared, and 

 also taken by means of a puaka, which is an enclosure made by thrusting 

 sticks or branches into the ground so as to form a sort of fence. Small 

 openings were left by which the birds entered to eat the bait placed inside. 

 Loop snares were arranged in these open spaces, by which the birds were 

 caught. The porete was also taken in this manner. 



The bell-bird had long disappeared from Rua-tahuna when I first visited 

 those sylvan wilds in 1895, but reappeared there in the summer of 1901-2. 

 I often heard them near my camp in that year ; but they were not numerous. 

 It was not like the delightful clamour heard in the bush of the Wellington 

 District in the early sixties : that was something to remember. 



Riroriro ; syn., Nonowheke, Nonowheko, Horirerire, Hirorirori, Korire- 

 rire, Totororire {Totorori ?) {Pseudogerygone igata ; Grey Warbler). — This 

 is a manu toJiu tau of the Maori. It shows them what the coming season 

 will be bv its manner of building its nest. If its snug little roofed nest is 

 built with the side entrance thereto facing the north, then the prevailing 

 wind of the coming season will blow from the south, and vice versa. If the 

 Oldening of the nest faces the muri wind a tau tokerau will follow — that is, 

 easterly winds will prevail, and it will be a pleasant, prolific season. If 

 the nest faces the east, that means a tau hauauru, he upoko maro — a westerly 

 and cold, inclement season : crops and forest products will not be satis- 

 factory. The muri is a wind that blows from the coast up the Whakatane 

 Valley. This wind betokens good fishing weather. It is styled a hau aroha, 

 a favourable wind. Upoko maro is a term used to denote cold weather — 

 the cold south winds, or to7iga kokoti. 



The cry of this bird is rendered by the Maori as "Biro, riro, 'rirof' 

 When this cry is heard in winter or early spring it is a sign for man to 

 be up and doing — to commence the work of preparing cultivations for 

 crops, &c. It is urging the Maori people to commence the work of the 

 year. 



Two authorities give me totorori as a name of the riroriro. Another 

 Native says it was a bird similar in size and appearance to the riroriro, but 

 not the same ; that it was a forest bird, but is no longer seen. 



