Andersen, "Maui Victor": `Maui' -- In Polynesian mythology,
the great hero who attempted to overcome Death, which could only be done
by passing through Hine-nui-te-po (Great Woman of Night).
This Maui attempted to do while she slept. Awakened, however,
by the cry of a black fantail, she nipped Maui in two.
Wilcox, "In London": `Weka' -- Maori name for the wood-hen,
so called from its note "Weeka" (Ocydromus Australis).
`Bell-bird' -- the korimako (Anthornis Melanura).
`Koromiko' -- Veronica salicifolia.
`Manuka' -- the tea-tree (Leptospermum scoparium and L. ericoides).
Biographical Notes
The bibliographies include books of verse only.
[This information was compiled in or before 1907. -- A. L.]
Adams, Arthur H.
Born at Lawrence, Central Otago, New Zealand, 6th June, 1872.
Both parents colonial born; father of English, mother of Irish family.
Educated, High School, Christchurch, Wellington College and High School,
Dunedin; thence with Scholarship to Otago University: graduated B.
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