Unlucky signs in snaring birds were known as pūhore. Certain words were banned when fowling. The remedy for pūhore was to set a tūā pā post in the ground. / Kīia ai ngā tohu kino i te tāhere manu he pūhore. Ko ētahi kupu kāore i huaina i te wā ka tāhere manu. Mā te whakatū pou tūā pā ka ora i te pūhore (Te Ara 2016).

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Te tikanga o tēnā, o te tūā pā, hai pā i te mate (W 1971:444). / The purpose of that, of the tūā pā rite, was to ward off misfortune.

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Ko te ingoa o taua pou, he tūā pā tamariki (W 1971:444). / The name of that post for protecting children was tūā pā.

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