Tama tuatahi o Ngā Whakatatara, tama kite e ehu tangata (JPS 1915:78). / The first boy born at Ngā Whakatatara pā has the form of a man before he sees it all. (A whakataukī referring to the large size of the Ngā Whakatatara pā in Ngāti Kahungunu implying a child born at one end of the pā would grow to manhood before he would see the other end.)

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