KITES AND CUSTOMS RELATING TO THE DEAD. 
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Toko kai i te po, 
Te po nui, 
Te po roa, 
Te po uriuri, 
Te po tangotango, 
Te po wawa, 
Te po te kitea, 
Te po te waia, 
Tena toko ka tu, 
Ko toko o Tane rua nuku. 
Place a staff for the night, 
The great night, 
The long night, 
The dark night, 
The gloomy night, 
The intense night, 
The unseen night, 
The unsearchable night. 
Behold the staff stands, 
The staff of Tane rua nuku. 
This was followed by one for the living. Another staff 
was then stuck in the water, and the priest said : — 
Toko kai te ao, 
Te ao nui, te ao roa, 
Te ao marama, 
Te ao whekere, 
Tena toko katu, 
Ko toko Ikurangi, 
Ko toko te wai ao, 
Ko toko te ao marama, 
Oti mai ki te ao. 
Place a staff for the day, 
The great day, the long day, 
The bright day, 
The gloomy day. 
Behold the staff stands, 
The staff of the tail of heaven, 
The staff of flowing light, 
The staff of the bright world, 
This is all for the day. 
The number of ceremonies observed on the death of a 
chief were extraordinary, they commenced immediately the 
breath went out of the body. 
Mo te hemonga o te Twpapaku. 
1. Ka Takaia , for the binding up of the corpse ; the 
karakia used is that beginning : — 
Ko te noti, ko te noti, The tying, the tying, 
Ko te here, ko te here, The binding, the binding, 
Nawai rahe kaha nei ? &c. Who is able to do it ? &c. 
2. Mo te Whakawahanga ki te tuara , for the carrying the 
corpse on the shoulders : — 
which caused the malady ; if the spirit alighted on the staff of life the sick 
recovered, but if on the other he died, unless the priest could succeed in 
spearing the spirit, which sometimes he professed to do, then the sick 
recovered ; how this feat was accomplished the narrator could not tell. 
