YNCYCA
Sir,-In reply to E.M.H., of Havelock, The late E. Tosswill of Yncyca Bay, told me that either an uncle or brother of his was the first settler to live in the Bay and that his wife was of Indian blood-American, I presume, This lady named the Bay Yneyca, which means "My Home" in her languagé. The Maori name of the Bay, Pi-rau-nga-ehe-I have broken it. up to aid pronunciation-is. of it. refers to dry rattling leaves and according. to my Maori informant commemorates an historical event, when a party of his tribe were saved from a surprise attack by an enemy by hearing the latter disturb some dry leaves placed around their "Kaianga" for this purpose. He said that the dry leaves of the nikau palm were used for this purpose, and also those of the kiekie vine, the leaves of both those plants making, a
good rattle.
W. J.
ELVY
(Blenheim).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 438, 14 November 1947, Page 5
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