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fore commemorated the circumstance by giving the name of 
Te ra oka, to this pig-killing day. The remaining days of 
the week still preserve their naturalized names, viz., Manei, 
Turei, Wenerei, Tairei. 
Nights of the Moon. 
1. Noni hope —The moon is in the Reinga. 
2. Taka taka putei —The moon revolves in the Reinga or Hades. 
3. Witika raua —It begins to ascend from the Reinga. 
4. Me oho ata —The moon is visible. 
5. Ouenuku —It begins to rise a little way. 
6. Maweti —It rises still higher. 
7. Tutahi —It grows larger. 
8. Otama —Ditto. 
9. Me pa —When the sun is rising over the hills, and the moon is 
stffl seen, it is caUed hep a ha moe tahi me tana wahine me 
haere ahiahi. (The natives make the moon a gentleman, and 
the sun a lady.) 
10. Me art. 
11. Me hune. 
12. Mawaru. 
13. Me hua. 
14. Me atua —Full. 
15. Me kiokio. 
16. Me rakau nui —Small tides. 
17. Rakaumatohi. 
18. Me takirau. 
19. Me Ohika —The moon begins to wane. 
20. Me kore kore. 
21. Me kore kore tutahi. 
22. Me kore kore wakapou 
23. Tangaroa a mua. 
24. Tangaroa a roto —It sinks into the sea. 
25. Me kiokio. 
26. Me otane. 
27. Me rongo mai. 
28. Me mouri. 
Me o mutu —The moon disappears. 
The year is counted by moons, and the nights of each 
are divided into three decades, or thirty-six for the year. 
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