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Te Kanawa and the Fairies.
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the mountain as fast as he could without stopping to hunt longer for kiwis.

The fairies are a very numerous people; merry, cheerful, and always singing, like the cricket. Their appearance is that of human beings, nearly resembling a European's; their hair being very fair, and so is their skin. They are very different from the Maories, and do not resemble them at all.

Te Kanawa had died before any Europeans arrived in New Zealand.

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