He papa hoki ēnei poro tōtara nō te matakite a Te Mātenga Tāmati o Ngāti Kahungunu. I te tau 1894 ka whakapuaki ia i te whakakitenga o te Tāpenakara o Rāwiri. Ka tuaina ngā rākau i uta ake o Wairoa, ka mutu hai tohu ngā poro rākau mō ngā tamariki a Hakopa i te Kawenata Tawhito. Nā te waipuke i kawe i ngā poro rākau atu i te poro kotahi ki te wāhi i taunahatia e Te Mātenga. E kī ana te kōrero e tiaki ana ngā poro tōtara kia tae mai te tangata tika ki te hanga i te tāpenakara.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Reference: Bronwyn Elsmore, Te Kohititanga Mārama = New moon, new world : the religion of Matenga Tamati. Reed Publishing: Auckland, 1998, p.47
Source: Bronwyn Elsmore, Te kohititanga mārama, new moon, new world: the religion of Matenga Tamati. Auckland: Reed, 1998, p. 47.
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