Takakopiri

Role: ancient wise man · First appears: Chapter VIII · Maui--The Creation of New Zealand · Part 1

Life events

• Takakopiri gave the tohunga the wisdom of the ancient.(Chapter VIII · Maui--The Creation of New Zealand · Part 1)
  • With: the tohunga (Chapter VIII)
  • “I was young then, and Takakopiri, who was then so old that he could remember Te Repo-repo, the large war-canoe, growing still as a tree in the forest, had given to me the wisdom of the ancient.”

Chapter VIII · Maui--The Creation of New Zealand · Part 1

• elder kin: Te-puha-o-te Rangi “It was given to him by his grandfather, the Tohunga, Te-puha-o-te Rangi, whose mana was so great that people, saluting him, rubbed noses only against his knee--he was a great Rangatira.”
• pupil: the tohunga (Chapter VIII) “I was young then, and Takakopiri, who was then so old that he could remember Te Repo-repo, the large war-canoe, growing still as a tree in the forest, had given to me the wisdom of the ancient.”

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Extracted from the original text of Te Tohunga. Made with Rho MD.