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viewing himself, known as Te Wai Whakaata o Ihenga, is still to be seen. 

 He came across the altar-place of Tua-rotorua at Utuhina, the stream by 

 Ohinemutu. This he interfered with, and then ensued the bluff between 

 himself and Tua-rotorua. He pointed out the cliffs in the direction of 

 Te Ngae as his fishing-nets, hanging up in the sun to dry. To this Tua- 

 rotorua seems to have tamely submitted, in spite of the fact that he must 

 have seen those self-same cliffs daily for some considerable time. Probably 

 Tua-rotorua, not knowing how many men Ihenga had behind him, deemed 

 it advisable to acquiesce ; at all events, he withdrew with his people. 

 Some time after, Kakara, wife of Ihenga, was killed at Owhata, and her 

 entrails were caught on a post, or tumu, near Waiteti. This rendered the 

 lake tapu to Ihenga, and he left the district. The lake is alluded to in 

 song as Te Roto Kite a Ihenga (the lake discovered by Ihenga). 



Taipari, of Ngati-Kea, composed the following lament for_his child, 

 who was fatally burned through accident : — 



Te kiri o te tau e . . . 



Ka ka i te ahi na Whanui na Raumati 



I tahuna ai Te Arawa e . . . 



Patua te kakara ki runga o Titi-raupenga kia Maka e . . . 



Koia te hamama o Tia ki runga o Maketu, 



Tika mai i kona e . . . 



Na Owhakamiti mai te ara, 



Ko Paripari-te-tai, 



Ko te roto kite a Ihenga, 



I ariki ai Kahu. 



Taku totara whakarangiura e . . . 



Tena ka tere ki roto o Aorangi e . . . 



[Translation.] 



The skin of my loved one, alas ! 



Scorched by the flame, 



Lighted by Whanui and Raumati, 



Through which the Arawa canoe was destroyed. Ah me ! 



Send forth a sweet-scented savour to Maka at Titi-raupenga. 



This was the call of Tia to Maketu : 



" Come hither from there." 



The path led through Owhakamiti to Paripari-te-tai, 



To the lake discovered by Ihenga, 



Through which Kahu became high chief. 



My totara that brightened the heavens 



Has drifted away to Aorangi. Alas ! Ah me ! 



The descendants of Tama-te-kapua now lived on at Maketu, until the 

 time of Rangitihi, when they reinvaded the lake district. Some fierce 

 battles were fought with the Kawaarero, descendants of Tua-rotorua, who 

 inhabited the island of Mokoia. Finally the Kawaarero were defeated 

 and driven out of the district. The island was then divided up between 

 Uenuku-kopako (see genealogy) and Taketake-hikuroa. Uenuku-kopako 

 held the Rotoiti side of the island, where there were no hot springs. Taoi, 

 his wife, after childbirth, desired to bathe in a hot spring known as 

 Waitapu, but Taketake-hikuroa objected to the trespass on his part of 

 the island. Rangi-te-aorere, a noted warrior, who had taken chief part 

 in the subjugation of the Kawaarero, took Taoi to the bath. Taketake- 

 hikuroa, owing to this affront, left the island, thus abandoning his share, 

 when the island was divided up among the three wives of Uenuku-kapako— 

 namely, Rangi-whakapiri, Hine-poto, and Taoi. Through the descendants 

 of these wives the threefold division was maintained to modern times. 



