456 Transactions. 



Te Whare o Rakau-tawhia : A kaihua tree at Te Hereherenga, Tara- 

 pounamu. where Te Karaha, of Ngati-Whare, was slain by Tuhoe. 



Ranina : A matai tree at Manga-kakaho, on which koko were taken 

 with snares {he rakau tahei koko). This word should be spelt as 

 raninga. It is said to be derived from rara, which seems curious. 

 When many koko were caught in the snares they looked as if they 

 were rara ana ki te ahi (suspended before the ahi matiti). 



Manuruhi : A kahika tree, a kaihua, situated at Pu-kareao. This 

 tree is mentioned in a song composed by one Uhi-tere — a lament 

 for her husband : — 



He mauu matmu au kai te tao 



Na Te Kurapa e whakatoro la 

 Te kaihua kai Maminihi ra. 



Any place where a named tree stands is always known by such 



name. 

 Hei-pipi : A kahika tree at Te Wera-iti. He rakau tahei koko. Great 



numbers of koko were ; nared on this tree in former times — so 



many that they looked like a hei pipi or tahei pipi — strings of the 



pipi shellfish hung up to dry. 

 Kaka-nui, 0-hira-moko, Kake-wahine, and Pou a Te Wini are all 



names of such bird-trees, and also place-names. 



Another distichous saying : — 



Ko Kaitaia ki uta 



Ko Mou-tohora ki waho ki te moana. 



Kaitara is the name of a toromiro tree at Te Wera-it'. iamed as a resort of 

 pigeons, while Whale Island is a famous fishing-ground. The one is a 

 hapuku rock, the other a pigeon rock (resort), says Pai. 



In days of old, when a man w^as going a-snaring or hunting he would 

 take his son with him, or a nephew, while they were young lads, so as to 

 point out to them the tribal or subtribal boundaries, landmarks, and all 

 other remarkable places. He would show him all snaring-trees and teach 

 their names, telling to whom they belonged, and so forth. In this wase : 



" This is a tutu ; its name is ; you will manipulate this tree. This 



is a kaihua, and its name is ; it belongs to " such a family group. 



" This, again, is a wai tuhi, and will be worked by the children of " such a 



person. " These waka kereru belong to the descendants of , who will 



use them. That stream yonder is named ; it divides our lands from 



those of : you can fish that stream from its junction with the — 



River up to " such a point, " but no further." 



Women, when fishing by torchlight at night, often took their children 

 with them, and instructed them in a like manner. 



The term ivai tuhi is applied to such small pools of water as are found 

 in hollow places on trees, logs, and rocks, and which, being resorted to by 

 birds, are covered with many snares, so that the birds, when drinking, thrust 

 their heads through the snare-loops, and are so captured. A pool not so 

 used is not termed a wai tuhi. Tuhi is a very curious word of the Native 

 tongue, and it will often puzzle you should you rely merely on its meanings 

 as defined by Maori dictionaries. Te Wai-tuhi is a place-name near Tara- 

 pounamu, the name being derived from a wai tuhi hard by, a diminutive 

 pool of water lying in a hollow of a tawa tree. Wai tahei is a name applied 

 to streams, or larger pools on the ground, where pigeons go to drink, and 

 hence are covered with snares — of which more anon. 



