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Puhihuia

A woman who elopes with Te Ponga after a clever plan.

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Puhihuia shows up with force in Stratagem of Puhihuia’s Elopement with Te Ponga. The page is where that presence becomes real.

The young daughter of the chief of Maungawhau; she dances before the visitors, captures Te Ponga's heart, and agrees to elope with him.

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In Stratagem of Puhihuia’s Elopement with Te Ponga: The young daughter of the chief of Maungawhau; she dances before the visitors, captures…

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