TE AO HOU [electronic resource] Search Te Ao Hou Advanced Search | Help Home | About | Browse Issues | A-Z Authors | A-Z Subjects | Contact Us No. 1 (Winter 1952) Previous Section | Table of Contents | Next Section – 39 – View Image [continued from here]   Aitutaki—the place from which the Arawa canoe is said to have left for New Zealand. There is some evidence that the Aitutaki people are especially closely related to the Maoris. For instance, the greeting ‘Tena koutou’ is used in Aitutaki as in New Zealand, but in no other portion of the Cook Islands. Their language in other respects, for instance the dropping of h-s, is reminiscent of the language of the Aotea canoe people. te Heke nui ki Rarotonga a no reira ano etahi o aua waka a i rere mai i nga waahi e mau ake nei nga ahua. Kei te wharangi 207 o te Pukapuka a S. Perry Smith ko Hawaiki ko nga korero a tetahi kaumatua a Tamarua mo nga Hekenga mai, e ki ana a ia ‘Inamata ka rere atu i konei a Te Arawa, a Kura-aupo, a Matatua, a Tokomaru, a Tainui me Takitumu. Kotahi ano te rerenga atu o enei waka. He korero motuhake to Takitimu. Ko ianei te waka tuatahi mai ki Rarotonga o te heke i a Tangiia a ko te tuatahi ano te rere ki Aotearoa. Ko te korero, i hoki mai ano taua waka ki Rarotonga, a e mau nei te ingoa Takitimu i tetahi o nga hapu o Rarotonga. Kihai a Tamarua i whai kupu mo Horouta ka mutu ano tana korero ko Oturoa te rangatira o runga i a Tainui. Ki ta Tamarua kiki tonu a Rarotonga i te tangata i te taenga atu o aua waka no reira ka reia mai ko enei moutere. Ko tetahi putake mo te rerenga mai ki Aotearoa ko Toka-motu i tanumia, ki ta Rarotonga korero, e Ngahue ki konei i tona hekenga mai i Hawaiki. Home | About | Help | Contact us | Legal statements | National Library