Fakahoko

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Fakahoko

81. Lua-tupua was a woman who lived at Ava-tele, probably she was the wife of Fakahoko, one of the family of five who came up from Motu—Fakahoko, Lua-tupua, Lua-fakakana, Lua-totolo, and Lua. Tagaloa-tatai, Tagaloa-fakaolo, Tagaloa-fafao, and Tagaloa-motumotu were the Tupuas who ruled at Ava-tele and who wished to destroy the sands (beach), which were lost in the ocean. When the clouds denoting a gale are seen, then follows the wind which blows and causes the

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fakaako tau. Ti hake a laua mo e tamate a Mutalau. Ko e kamataaga ia he tau i Niuē, ke hoko mai a Peni-amina, a Toimata mo Paulo ke ta mai e kupu a Jesu ke vete aki e tau ke toka, ke hoko mai he aho nai.

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Title: Niuē-fekai (or Savage) Island and its People

Author: S. Percy Smith

Part of: Tidal Pools: Digitized Texts from Oceania for Samoan and Pacific Studies

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