Letter to William Seed at the Customs Office, Wellington, written at Kaingaroa

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Letter to William Seed at the Customs Office, Wellington, written at Kaingaroa

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Says his letter arrived and he was pleased with it, but that he is not able to translate the ancestral songs and their incantations won’t be given out. Reports that he is hard at work with the Moriori elders and has been to all the homes in the island to ask the elders to tell him about their customs. Names those he went to: Minarapa from Kaingaroa, Maikoua from Onarenga, Taituhi Tahapa from Rangiwe and Tiori and others from Karewa. Says that they are thinking of getting the elders to meet, r...

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Date created

1862-08-05

Creator

Tapu, Hirawanu, d.1900 aka Maitarawai aka Taputehara Maitara

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https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/6038

Related subjects

Iharaira / Parata / Rawiri / Owenga Moriori / Rokehuaka Chatham Islands

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