[?]is Polynesian
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[?]o the NZ Dolphin [?]is Polynesian [?]niwha
5 death in early March of )po the gay and friendly lolphin of Opononi, New Zea who achieved world notice his water-polo skill and charm mtics with local bathers, has, pears, a link with Polynesian ology. wording to 86-year-old Hohepa ri, who claims to be the oldest ; leader of the Ngapuhi people okianga, North Auckland, the Dpo was the taniwha Arai-te sacred fish guardian of the umu canoe that was prom in the second Polynesian ition from Hawaiki to New nd and that is closely associ with the history of Rarotonga.
Dy the fearless Tamatea Ariki and guarded by Arai-te-Uru, Ono, the Takitumu voyagers [ their way with many ad res to Whangaparaoa, on the :oast of North Auckland, then I North Cape to Hokianga, ual home of the Ngapuhi e.
Arai-te-Uru (Opo) fell the ir of guarding the shores o r mga, and this he has done for ast 600 years or so—according iperi. irned by many admirers, Opo luried in state at Opononi and norial will be erected to corn rate his frolics with the human is.
G. Nevill, Resident Commis • of the Cook Islands, and Mr. ire, Official Secretary, flew to ogton in early March to d:s the Belshaw-Stace Economic t on the Cook Islands with 'tmental Heads and rrturned rotonga by TEAL aircraft later ime month.