Ka oti te whenua te tapahi, pania te wāhi i mahue atu i te pito o te tamaiti ki tētahi hinu poaka, ka tākai ai ki te kākahu, ki te hāte pakaru, ki tētahi aha rānei (Ma 1844:17). / When the afterbirth has been cut, smear the part of the baby’s navel that remains with some pig’s fat, then wrap it with some cloth, a bandage from a shirt or something.

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