I te wā o Matariki ka tukua kia rere te manu aute a tētahi tangata kua mate i te tau ka hori. Pērā anō mō te pōtaka tākiri ka whai wāhi ki te tangihanga, me tana waiata tāpae e kīia nei he whakaoriori pōtaka (Te Ara 2017). / In the time of Matariki the kite of a person who had died the previous year would be flown. Likewise humming tops could be part of funeral rites, along with an accompanying song called a whakaoriori pōtaka.

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