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Papakauri, a taniwha of the Waihou River

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The following extract was taken from an article entitled 'THE TIPUA-KURA, AND OTHER MANIFESTATIONS OF THE SPIRIT WORLD.' by Lieut.-Colonel Gudgeon, C.M.G. It was published in Journal of the Polynesian Society, Volume 15, 1906, pp 27-57. ...Papakauri is an enchanted tree, whose history is even more mysterious than that of Papataunaki, related in a previous article. It is, moreover, surrounded by such a web of superstition of a truly unexplainable nature that it will be difficult to make myself intelligible to Europeans. I am, indeed, conscious that the pakeha side of my brain does not understand the tale as related to me, whereas on the Maori side it is clear enough. I think I have already remarked that tipuas are an exception to the rule, that all things are subject to the great laws that govern the universe. Tipuas obey no law, whether human or divine, but are somewhat amenable to karakias when uttered by a tohunga of reputation. With this preliminary warning, I will commence

He Waiata nā Mangō Whaiapu

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Te Korimako, Volume 0, No. 38, Maehe 16, 1885 Keywords Mango Whaiapu Hare Reweti Kauaerunga

Te Rama o Hauraki

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PIPIWHARAUROA, ISSUE 8, 1 OCTOBER 1898 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/PIPIWH18981001.2.7?query=hauraki Keywords Hauraki Ngāti Maru Te Rama o Hauraki Tuhi Māreikura

An Article about Hotunui Meeting House, Auckland Star 1925

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Published in AUCKLAND STAR, VOLUME LVI, ISSUE 58, 10 MARCH 1925 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19250310.2.101?query=tukumana