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- Fields Were Tapu - (Te Ao Hou - No. 41 December 1962)
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The field where the kumaras were to grow had to be made tapu; as part of this ceremony, and usually before the kumaras were planted, long poles were brought and placed upright around the field. These poles represented the gods connected with the cultivation of the kumara—gods such as Rongo, Maui, Kahukura and Marihaka. Sometimes the people put the ...
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- December 1962
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- Maori Affairs Department
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