I te whakawahinga o te Kīngi i Ngāruawāhia i te 2 o Mei 1859, he maha rātou i ngōki atu i waenganui i ngā kūwhā o Te Wherowhero. Ko tērā tikanga he whakahoro hauhauaitu e whānau hou ai te tangata (TTR 1990:163). / When the King was confirmed at Ngāruawāhia on 2 May 1859, many crawled through Te Wherowhero's thighs That custom was a whakahoro hauhauaitu whereby a person was being born again symbolically.

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