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Word: kapua (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1949-1949
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...Cloudless. Sir Peter's father was a North Irishman who fought the Maoris in the '70s and finally married a chief's daughter named Ngarongo-ki-tua (Tidings-that-Reach-Afar). She died when Peter was a child and he was brought up by his grandmother, Kapua-kore (Cloudless), who lived to be 102 years old and was, he recalls, "more tattooed than any woman I have ever seen or heard of among my people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Heavens Streaked with Sun | 2/28/1949 | See Source »

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