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MOTTOES. 
12. Waikato horo pounamu . — A bluff at the Waikato heads, 
where many canoes have been lost, and ehiefs drowned ; hence 
applied to Waikato, as a chief- destroying tribe. 
13. Nga ti paoa taringa ralii rahi. — Nga ti paoa have thin ears, 
or sensitive ones ; they cannot brook an insult. 
14. Puhi taniwa ran . — A saying for the Nga puhi, similar to 
that for Waikato. 
15. Nga puhi o te arawa . — The bunches of the pigeon’s feathers 
of the arawa. The Nga puhi are very indignant at this saying, as 
the arawa had a bad character. 
HE KOAUAU, OR MUSICAL PIPE, MADE OUT OF A WHALE’S TOOTH. 
