I te huakina o te tau tāhere manu ka whakahaerehia te kawa kīia ai ko te ahi taitai. Ko tēnei mea te ahi taitai kia ora ai ngā kai, ngā kākano, ngā manu. Ka tunu, ka tāpae ngā manu tuatahi mā ngā atua (Te Ara 2013). / The fowling season was opened with the ritual called the ahi taitai ceremony. The ahi taitai ceremony was so that the various foods, seeds and birds would flourish. The first birds caught were cooked and offered to the gods.

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