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The contributor of this list stated that the weather on the 8th night of the moon was accepted as betokening that for the balance of the month. In this list Ari is given as the name of the 10th night; in list No. 1 it appears as the 11th night. The latter is probably correct. The Huna and Ari nights change places in No. 2 list. Again, from the 11th to the 12th nights the names have been transposed. Williams's Maori Dictionary gives Atua and Hotu as being two names for the 15th night, but a good many lists contain both. Williams gives Atua-mateo-Hotu as the full name of the night; his full list of names is given in list No. 3.

The contributor of list No. 2 stated that on the Ari night fish fly from the torch; he was alluding to the kokopu, a fresh-water fish. On the Huna night they are concealed (huna), and difficult to take until the Oika (Oike) night. Fishing becomes good again on the second Korekore night about midnight. The Mutuwhenua is a very good night for taking kokopu; they sleep until sunrise. The number of Korekore nights differ in the above lists, and the Maurea night of No. 1 becomes Mauri in No. 2. Of No. 2 list Tutakangahau remarked: "These are the nights of the moon, thirty in number. The moon disappears on the Mutuwhenua night; it acquires form on the Whiro night and its radiance is seen; it is actually seen on the Tirea night, and becomes round on the Ohua night. It is big on the Atua night, and passes the full stage on the Rakau-matohi night. There are ten nights of ahoroa (bright moonlight), five nights of waning, and two of decrepitude."

A list given by Tikitu, of the Awa Tribe of the Bay of Plenty, differs somewhat from the Tuhoe list. Oue receives what is apparently its full name Ouenuku (Uenuku), and there are five Tamatea nights. The names of nights about the middle of the month change again. Evidently forgetfulness has been at work. What else can one expect of a usage that was abolished from two to three generations ago!

The Rev. R. Taylor gives six lists of these names in his New Zealand and its Inhabitants, which lists contain a number of names differing from those I have given. They were probably obtained in the Whanganui and far northern districts, and certainly many