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both their bellies were well filled. Tutata then allowed them to crawl 

 ashore. They lay for some time with their mouths open, the water 

 flowing from their nose and throat. Tutata took the contents of their 

 hinakis, and some say that Rere and Hongi never came back to Tutira. 

 Enough ! That place where the eel-pots were set was called Maheawha. 

 It belonged to Hongi and Eere, but was taken by Tutata and remains 

 his property to this day." 



Another story, also dictated by Anaru Kune, the father of Tera, 

 shows how property could be presented out of the tribal possessions to 

 an individual, probably for his lifetime only, as the reward for assistance 

 rendered in war. 



" The Ngati-manawa were a sub-tribe of the Ngati-apa. On one 

 occasion a party of their warriors coming by way of Maungaharuru 

 raided Tutira. This war-party was led by Kaiawha. The only Tutira 

 people at that time of the year living about the lake were Whai, his wife 

 Te Rangiataahua, and their child Kupa. After the slaughter of Whai, 

 the raiding party, carrying off the woman and child and also a quantity 

 ofhinaki, returned to Te Wai-whero in the Maungaharuru. The following 

 day Kaiawha went out to hunt kiwi. His dog was restless and uneasy, and 

 the take of birds poor ; this, like the failure of Uaha to obtain eels, as 

 already stated, was construed as an evil omen. Kaiawha returned to his pa 

 and prepared to fight. That night in the dark he was attacked by Pohaki, 

 a prominent Tutira chief. During the fighting Kaiawha shouted to his 

 people, ' Light up the fires. Tahuna te ahi kia marama ai a Ngati-apa 

 te riri' This was wrong. The light from the blazing hinakis showed 

 that Kaiawha's party numbered only eight, and the Tutira men were 

 encouraged. The Ngati-apa were beaten and Kaiawha himself wounded. 

 Some say he hid in a great log and escaped ; some say he was never seen 

 again. Pohaki was given two patunas for reward, one at the junction 

 of the Maheawha and the Waikoau, and the other along the stream 

 Tutira. The names of these patunas are the first Totara and the last 

 Te Kopare. Te Kopare has above it, up-stream, Kahukuranui, and below 

 it, down - stream, Maheawha." Later, a saying became rife on the 

 countryside, "upoko-pipi" "soft heads." It was used to denote 

 the fate of raiding parties who visited Tutira. The exact words 

 run, and the reader can believe they were fully emphasised when 

 told to me, " Tutira upoko-pipi." Manj^ raids were made upon 

 Tutira, but with the exception of the death of Ti Waewae, no other 



