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te-kuka; "let them remain, that the red-ochre paint may 

 adhere." Whoever the original Eua may have been, it is 

 more than probable that he was a denizen of the Hawaikian 

 fatherland. It is here worthy of note that Tahiti would 

 appear to be known to the Maori of New Zealand as Tawhiti- 

 nui-a-Rua. Among my notes on Rua I find the following : 

 Rua-te-pupuke was asked to go fishing. He replied, " Na wai 

 te kokomuka-tu-tara-whare i kiia kia haere?" (Who says 

 that the kokomuka growing on the house-walls should go 

 abroad?) The kokovMka-tu-tara-ivhare is a species of Vero- 

 nica which is often seen growing upon the earth-covered whare 

 puni of this land. The aged Rua meant to imply that he was 

 too old to go a-fishing ; he had grown to the walls of his house. 

 This term is often applied to people of a stay-at-home nature. 

 Also Te Tini-o-te-kokomuka-tu-tara-whare is said to have 

 been the name of one of the ancient tribes of this region. 



The following is a fragment taken from one of my note- 

 books, and presumably a portion of a karakia : — 



Rua te piipuke, Rua te hotahota 

 Takoto te ika whenua i te rangi 

 Katahi ka uraki mai 

 Ki te whauau o te manumanu kikino 

 Ki te Aitanga a Punga i au-e. 



And again, in an ancient tangi or latuent for one Rangi-uia, 

 a famous ancestor of the East Coast : — 



Whiti tuatoru. 

 Ko wai ra e hika 

 To mata i haere ai koe ki te Po 

 Ko Turanga wahine, ko Turanga tane 

 Te mata tena o to tupuna 



te Ao-ariki i te Manu tukutuku 

 Ka hinga tona puta ko Waio tira-e 



1 oma atu ra kia Papa raia 



I hurihia atu ra e Tane ki raro 



Ka puta atu ki waho ko Ruau-moko-e 



Tarewa i tona puta ko te Raukape ra 



Ko Tama-reo-rangi ka kume i a Tini 



E waitohu ake ki te ao marama 



Ka ngarue te whenua, ka ngaoko te moana 



Ko te tumu o te raugi, ko te take o te rangi 



Ko Maru-i-tauira, ko Marui-torohanga 



Ko Maru-i-taura, ko Marui-tawai 



Ko Maru-i-taketake, ko Maru-whakatupua 



Ka ea ki runga ra 



Ko te Tumoremore, ko te Tuhaha 



Ko Rua-kapanga-e, Te Manu-nui ra 



Ko Rua-te-hchonu, ko U-wawe-ki-uta 



Ko Manawa-pou-e 



Ko Kourunga ra, ko Tu-mauri-rere 



Me ko Rongo-whakaata, ko Rongomai-hi-kau 



Ko Rua-wlietuki-e 



Ko Hitamu rira, ko Turourou ra 



Ko te Ika whakatu ki roto o Turanga. 



