Takitimu

Door Lintel or Pare

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Door Lintel or Pare.

On this is carved the figure of Rongomai-wahine (the mother ancestress of the Ngati-Kahungunu tribe, and whose history is recorded in this book). The door is called Tatau, the door-way is Kuwaha, while the window is Matapihi.

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Title: Takitimu

Author: Tiaki Hikawera Mitira

Publication details: Reed Publishing (NZ) Ltd, 1972

Part of: New Zealand Texts Collection

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