how did pariah get its name.

The name comes from the Māori language words ahi, meaning fire, and para, a large fern, and can be translated as "a fire at which para was cooked". It is here we believe that the spirits of our Tupuna (ancestors travel their spiritual pathway to Te ... The name of our Whare Tupuna: 'Te Ohaki' refers to the covenant left by Poroa at his passing: 'Kia u ki te ...