Matuatonga
url: http://teaohou.natlib.govt.nz/journals/teaohou/issue/Mao41TeA/c19.html
Te Ao Hou article about "Kumaras and kumara magic" published in Issue 41, Dec 1962.
url: http://teaohou.natlib.govt.nz/journals/teaohou/issue/Mao41TeA/c19.html
Te Ao Hou article about "Kumaras and kumara magic" published in Issue 41, Dec 1962.
kartsrae
said Awesome!
kartsrae (skip bin hire)When the first long whistling notes of the pipiwharauroa, the shining cuckoo, were heard in the spring, and when the stars showed that the right time had come, the ground was made ready for the kumara. Light, warm sandy soil suits kumaras best, and when the soil was heavy, women and slaves used to carry hundreds of baskets of gravel and sand to lighten it.