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another ; and they gave the names of the chief men. Ulti- 

 mately they landed at the Awapatiki — the mouth of the Whanga 

 Lagoon — closed at the time, but ready to burst out, as it was 

 wont to do unless opened at periodical intervals. Having landed, 

 they proceeded to drag " Rangimata " ashore to get her into 

 the Whanga, but in so doing her weight made a furrow in the 

 sand, forming a channel for the lake, which, bursting forth in 

 resistless force, wrecked " Rangimata." There is a limestone 

 rocky islet, Motuhinahina, in the Whanga, the jagged points of 

 which represent " Rangimata's " crew. 



Whether this happened before or after the wreck of " Ra- 

 ngimata " was not stated, but probably before they met the 

 autochthones, Marupuku and his people, with whom they con- 

 versed, asking them if the multitudes of eels stranded in the 

 shoal water and dry sand were not firewood. To which ques- 

 tion Marupuku and his people replied sagely that it was food. 

 What appeared, however, to have a greater semblance of reality 

 was that the heke (migrants) proceeded to set up a post to indi- 

 cate the taking possession of the land. This, being perceived 

 bv Te Hamata, was summarily pulled up by them, after which 

 the newcomers camped at a place called Poretu, about a mile 

 to the north of the mouth, from which they ultimately dispersed 

 and went to Rangatira, settled, and spread over the island. 



From all that has been stated, assuming the main facts to be 

 correct, and that the " Rangimata " people were able to converse 

 with the tangata hunu or autochthones, apparently they were a 

 section of the same race, who, once located in the island, through 

 the lack of suitable timber could not construct anything fit for a 

 long voyage. 



Beyond this little incident nothing further is recorded in the 

 shape of friction with " Rangimata's " people, who dwelt peace- 

 fully in the islands until the arrival of Moe, a descendant of, or a 

 son of, Horopapa, who when " Rangimata " and " Rangihoua " 

 left was only a stripling, but on arrival at Rekohu had become 

 \ys\d — showing that a considerable time had elapsed, probably 

 twenty years. Moe's tribe was the Rauru, and his canoe or 

 vessel was called " Oropuke." She was afterwards wrecked, it 

 is said, at a place of the same name at the south-east cliffs of 

 Pitt Strait, extending inland to Trig. Station I. and its vicinity. 

 Once more meeting their old enemies, after a time peace was 

 broken by one of the Wheteina killing and eating part of one of 

 Moe's people, upon which Moe retaliated by killing the aggressor, 

 with others, at Rangitihi. Then, coming on to Moreroa, Moe pro- 

 ceeded to attack them there, but it is said that in some way they 

 were hidden and smuggled away by one Nunuku, who appeared 

 to be a relative of Moe's as well, of whom more anon. How it 



