🌲 Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, “the Crest of the Rainbow.”, sentence 21

The tradition is that nearly two centuries ago, when the Ngai-Tahu from the North conquered this part of the country from the Ngati-Mamoe, a chief named Waitai ascended this height from Ohinetahi (now Governor’s Bay), taking with him Manuwhiri and other of the children of the chief Te Rangi-whakaputa who had taken possession of the harbour shores, in order to point out to them the good things of the great Plains.

Who acts: tradition, Ngai Tahu, chief, whakaputa, Te · What happens: be, conquer, name, ascend, take, shore · To what, where: part, chief, height, Ngati Mamoe, Manuwhiri, possession

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