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Some have even said that this had been secret and esoteric lore held by the initiated only, until Smith discovered it and made it more generally known. As a consequence, Smith and his informants – Te Whatahoro Jury, Nēpia Pōhūhū and Te Mātorohanga, all of Wairarapa – were regarded with some suspicion.
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(1913) i roto i ngā kōrero mō Io. Kei te pukapuka nei ngā whakamārama whānui tuatahi mō Io. Kei ētahi te kōrero, he tino tapu rawa atu ngā kōrero mō Io, ā, kia huraina rā anō e Te Mete ngā kōrero, kātahi ka whānui te mōhio mōna. Heoi, ka tītaha te titiro a te tini ki a Te Mete me ngā tāngata whāngai kōrero ki a ia – a Te Whatahoro Jury, a Nēpia Pōhūhū, a Te Mātorohanga, nō Wairarapa katoa rātou. Heoi, ka aro ngā rangatira Māori o te rau tau 1800 me ngā tau tōmua o te rau tau 1900 ki ngā kōrero mō Io. He kōrero tā tēnā iwi, tā tēnā iwi mō Io.
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