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accounts affirm that Kahu-kura was lost at the Huka Falls when Tama- 

 tea's canoe went over.) After Ma-tangi's children left him he was returning 

 to his old home, accompanied by his dog. He travelled down the Rangi- 

 tikei River, but had the misfortune to lose his dog ; and, as its name M^as 

 Ranga-tira, he went about calling " Ranga-tira, Ranga-tira " ; so that 

 place was ever afterwards known as Ranga-tira (a well-known block between 

 the Pou-rewa and Rangi-tikei Rivers). Many of Ma-tangi's descendants, 

 intermarried with Ngati Hau-iti. 



Table 3. 



Ma-tangi 



Tapairu 



Hitamia-aro 



I . 

 Te Au-te-peao 



Forgotten 



Rangi-tua-uira 



I 

 Tiimokai 



Tuhi 



I 

 Hapainga-te-Rangi 



I 

 Tangaio 



Hiiie-hua,noa (f.) = Te Wai-hoho (m.) 



Matangi 2nd 



Riia-anga 



I 

 Whaka-urua 



Putai 



Te Kiri-kai-ngaere 



Taongi 



Potaka 



Utiku-Potaka 



chilcU'en 



I 

 grandchildren. 



[Note. — One of Utiku Potaka's grandchildren is named after one of 

 the taniwhas — namely, Hine-te-iwaiwa.] 



Chapter II. 



The history of the next period is almost a blank. The early history 

 of the Ngati Apa proper, as far as their traditions give us any enlighten- 

 ment, extends back some twelve generations, when the founders of the tribe 

 came into the district under the following circumstances : — 



Apa-hapai-taketake, a son of Ruatea, who came in the Kura-haupo 

 canoe, was an ancestor of the Ngati Apa, and to him this somewhat ill-fated 

 tribe can trace the beginning of their misfortunes, as they trace their 

 names. He seems to have coveted a pet moa [he mokai) belonging to Ngati 

 Tu-whare-toa, and, not being able to restrain his desires, he stole the bird 

 and made off with it ; but, unfortunately for him, in this adventure he fell 

 over a cliff and received an injury that resulted in permanent lameness ; 



