hinuhinu

Updated: February 21, 2026

His language became grandiose, as if he repeated verbatim a rune of his ancestors: "We Maoris lived at that time in the great peace of our long, quiet years. No outside influence, no evil wind, troubled our dreams. The men and women were hinuhinu, of high souls.

Frederick O'Brien - Mystic Isles of the South Seas.