ivalent formoney is utu, pronounced by the Ngapuhi and othernorthern tribes with the last syllable common as`Dash' or `Nero' for New Zealand dogs; all the same the writersupon Maori superstitions seem to have no knowledge of it.
Hochstetter, `New Zealand,' p. is about the size ofthe wood-pigeon of England, and is of a dark colour. The flower-buds are of abrilliant crimson, and the anthers of the stamens are, in therecently expanded flower, of a dark-green colour. 156: Have since learnt that they have strongholds--or hippas,as they call them--which they retire to in time of danger.
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