No. 11
1899/01/01
1899/01/01
[1] He Kupu Whakamarama
[2] He Kupu Whakamarama. Number 11, Nelson, January 1899. Editor: Rev F. A. Bennett
TE PIPIWHARAUROA
O tribes of the south and the north who have come to this land, greetings for the birthday of our Lord and this new year. We have come to this year and we rejoice in these days. In response to the request of the Editor to find a name for this bird we have come up with Te Pipiwharauroa as the right name. I like this name because it reminds me of our birds which have been lost from New Zealand. And it is the case that only this bird, the pipiwharauroa [the shining cuckoo], returns. I really love this bird.
