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NAMES. 
for a great man ; Bangi tauira , the heavenly pattern ; Bangia 
hae ata , the first ray of morning ; Te ihi, the sun-beam ; Te 
Heuheu was overwhelmed, with nearly sixty of his tribe, by 
a great landslip, his surviving son assumed the name of 
Uoronguku, the sliding landslip ; Hipango, the ray darting 
through the blue sky. 
Warekohuru is the name of a child whose parent was mur- 
dered in his own house ; Marupo and Patupo , are the names 
of midnight murderers ; Paerangi, fair sky, is the name of a 
man of peace, or it may be the same as Paeroa, the long pae, 
or mountain range, to express his high pretensions; Kau 
moana and Oe waka are names for great sailors; when a 
beloved child or great chief dies, the last thing eaten is fre- 
quently taken as a name by some surviving member of the 
family ; thus, the name of Hararuta , arrow-root, has been 
assumed. Some names appear very blasphemous, such as 
Puku atua , God’s belly ; many are very obscene.* Taiariki, 
little walking-stick, is a name for a short person,* and Taiaroa, 
a long one, for a tall gentleman, the taiaha being a chief’s 
staff. 
Everything has its name ; their houses, canoes, weapons, 
and even garments, have distinctive appellations given them. 
Thus, when Hori Kingi built a new house, he named it Inga - 
rani , England, to show his friendship for our country. If 
the natives perceive any honor attached to our English names, 
they immediately adopt them ; they have thus assumed Kingi , 
for king ; Kuini , for queen ; Kawana , governor ; Pihojpa , 
bishop ; Kanara , colonel ; Kingi Wiremu , King William ; 
Wikitoria te Kuini , Victoria the Queen. 
A chief inquired if Earl Grey was not a higher title than 
Sir G. Grey, and when told it was, then, said he, my child 
shall be called Earl Grey, C{ Takerei .” Karnes also mark the 
arrival of anything new in the country: paura , powder; 
tu'para , double-barrelled gun ; hota, shot ; yu, a gun ; and 
<pu nui , a big gun (cannon) ; pukera , bugler ; kai paura, 
* The natives formerly went naked, and did not think there was anything 
indecent in doing so, in the same way they spoke naked, using most obscene 
language without seeing any impropriety in it. 
