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AMUSEMENTS. 
homi-homi, which consists in opening and shutting the thumbs 
and fingers. 
The puni puni is a game played with the fingers whilst the 
following words are sung : — 
Kei te wai nui, 
Kei te wai roa, 
Ka tangi te korora, kororo, 
Awhe te puni puni, 
Awhe te paro paro, 
Anohoanga. 
By the great water, 
By the long water, 
The seagull and the penguin cry, 
Where is the entering, 
Where is the closing, 
For the resting. 
If the fingers enter each other whilst these words are being 
uttered, the game is ended ; if not, it is again repeated. 
This was also used as a kind of divination, if all the fingers 
entered at once it was favorable, if not, the contrary. 
Tutu hcii . — A circle being formed, one takes a little stone, 
or anything else, in his hand, and then another repeats : — 
Kura, kura, kura, winiwini ; 
Kura wanawana, 
Te wai atu, takukai nei ; 
Ki te kai motiti, ki te kai 
motata ; 
Ka rere taua ki hea ? 
Ka rere taua ki pohou nui, 
Ki pohou roa, hei te koti, 
Hei te kota, toreti, toreta, 
Kai a wai. 
Listen, listen, where is the stone ; 
Listen, in what hand is it hid ; 
Seek where it is hidden ; 
Seek for the stone, is it here ? is 
it there ? 
Where shall we go ? 
We will go to the many, 
To the multitude, 
To the Ti, to the Ta, 
Tell me, tell me, 
With whom is it to be found. 
A person then goes round the circle, and guesses in whose 
hand it is hid, each having his fist closed ; if he is right, the 
person who has the stone, takes his place, and goes round ; 
if he is wrong, he continues until he discovers where it is 
hid. 
He waha pupuni, or piri, is the game of hide and seek 
very similar to our own. 
He poi .— This is a game played with an ornamented ball, 
causing it to revolve by a small string attached, and singing 
at the same time. The ball is often sent to a pa, and played 
as an invitation to join in a war expedition. 
