A pig is brought on to the marae as a vital part of the ceremony in which the person being invested must bite the beheaded animal's right ear (kakati i te taringa katau). 17042027
Ngati Vaikai, friends and relations came together to witness the akamarokura'anga (investiture) of Vaikai Mataiapo Tutara last Wednesday afternoon.
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