64 TUTIRA 



Whati. Looking downwards from Te-Karaka, a high point between Wai- 

 patiki and Arapawanui, she could see, or nearly see, the dwelling of her 

 lover. The following is the waiata composed for her singing by a 

 friendly poetess, Kowhio : 



Akuanei au Tea piki ki te Karaka ra ia 



A marama au te titiro ki Manga- hinahina ra. 



Kei raro iho na ko taku atua e aroha net au. 



Taku hinganga iho ki raro ra ko turi te tokorua ; 



Te roa noa hoki o te po tuarua e Iwi. 



Oho rawa ake nei ki te ao, hopukau kahore, ei. 



I will climb with the dawn to the top of Te Karaka 



So that I may get a clear view of Manga-hinahina. 



Just below lies my beloved one. 



Whilst I slept alone, my tucked-up knees only were my bedfellow. 



During the long night, twice, Iwi, I have dreamed of thee. 



I awoke, I felt for thee ; thou wast gone ! 



Keturning again to the main route, it followed in a westerly direction 

 the ridge of a very steep leading spur passing the group of limestone 

 rocks, Te-Poa-Kore, already named, and later the minute tarn, Te- 

 Roto-a-Hikawainoa. Still following the hill-tops it reached the elevation 

 Te-Whare-Pu, and lastly the high ground called in most ancient times 

 Kakeha, but more recently, in commemoration of a gross episode of the 

 nursery, Tutae-o-whare-Pakiaka. Here the track again branched, the less 

 trodden portion dropping in a steep descent on to terrace levels, known 

 in modern times firstly as the " Reserve " and later as the " Racecourse " 

 Flat. The other branch also dropping over the brow Te Puku, and pass- 

 ing the group of limestone rocks also so named, followed the unbroken 

 line of a narrow ridge downwards towards Waikopiro this jut or head- 

 land Te Puku being known as the " head," the lakelets Waikopiro and 

 Orakai as the "eyes" of Tutira. 



For the present we can leave this path and describe the other 

 line inland the trail from Tangoio. From the important coastal 

 pa Ngamoerangi, long since swept away by the sea, and in later days 

 from the Rae-o -Tangoio pa, it followed for a considerable distance 

 cultivated lands along the bed of the small stream, Te Ngarue, that 

 debouched on to the flat lands from the north. At the junction of 

 this stream with the Pae-a-Huru the trail forked, one branch ascend- 



