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(drifting or floating), as they express it, and joined some parts 

 together, and separated or left separate others — presumably 

 this gaping waterway — and thence signalled, by raising a fire, 

 for his vessel to come to him, which she did, to Whangaroa or 

 Tei-kohuru (quiet or still tide). Thence he departed to Wai- 

 taugi, or Waiteki (its old name), where he dwelt awhile and planted 

 his kumara, which would not grow owing to the coldness of the 

 climate ; after which, not liking the land, which he called e whenu 

 rei (a watery land), he returned to Hawaiki. 



How the latter part of the story originated, excepting by 

 way of embellishing, it is difficult to imagine, unless at that 

 time there was something in the geologic appearance of the coun- 

 try which appeared to require notice, contrary to what appears 

 at present — similarly, perhaps, to the Maori legend of Wellington 

 Harbour, which at one time was an inland lake in which dwelt 

 two tipuas (monsters), Ngake and Whataitai, who, jointly im- 

 pelled by a sudden desire to burst out seaward, made respectively 

 — Ngake for the present entrance to the harbour, which he 

 duly burst open, making the present passage ; and Whataitai 

 for Evans Bay, where, failing to find an exit, he ran his nose 

 incontinently ashore ; thence, however, assuming the form of a 

 bird, he went up to the top of Tangi-te-keo, whence he screeches 

 down on to the Wellington waters. Let the unbeliever dis- 

 believe this if he pleases ! 



Kahu further was said to have planted a certain kind of fern- 

 root alleged to have been peculiar to one part of Kaingaroa 

 Harbour, and called after him " Kahu's fern-root" (ho te haruhe 

 o Kahu). Whether any of Kahu's crew remained on the island 

 or not is unknown to tradition, but presumably either they or 

 some other migration did, as the " Rangimata " migration are 

 very clear regarding the fact of finding people on the island when 

 they arrived, whom they termed " Te Hamata " ; and bones 

 alleged to have been theirs, of huge size, especially thigh-bones, 

 were common at one place swept away by the Awapatiki. 



Prior to the arrival of " Rangimata," it is said, two of the 

 migrants who came in her, named Maruroa and Kananga, went 

 to the land of Irea and Tahiri, where they were alleged to have 

 acquired the knowledge of the months, and information regarding 

 Rekohu (Chatham Islands) — apparently sailing directions, and 

 the information where to find them. There is nothing, how- 

 ever, to show where this land of Irea and Tahiri was, apart from 

 the narrative, which indicated that a knowledge existed of it 

 somewhere of which the migrants got the benefit. 



The migration took place, as before stated, owing to "troubles " 

 among themselves — according to their story, the killing by Tama- 

 te-kohuruhuru of his whai-tipanga (sweetheart) Papa, who was 



