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Rh a sacred place where offerings of food—first fruits—for the  were deposited.

the spirit of anyone who when living had learned the karakia of his ancestors: thus when a tauira died he became a wananga.

Mo te pikinga o Tawhaki ki te Rangi.—vid. p. 23.

Raranga, raranga tăku takapau, Ka pukea e te wai, Hei moenga mo aku rei. Ko Rupe, ko Manumea, Ka pukea: ē! ē! Mo aku rei tokorua ka pukea. Ka pukea au e te wai, Ka pukea, ē! ē!