Locke.— Historical Traditions of Taupo and East Coast Tribes. 439 
Plains from Heretaonga (Hawke's Bay). When Tuwharetoa and his 
sons heard of the fight which had taken place, and that Hatupere 
was defeated, they felt ashamed (sick with shame) about the battle of 
Tutewero. 
Then arose the army of the sons of Tuwharetoa, Rakahopukia, Rakei- 
poho, Rakei-makaha, Taniwha, and Rongomai-te-ngangana. Their sons, 
the grandchildren of Tuwharetoa, went also. They pursued and overtook 
the enemy at Kakatarae, near Runanga, where a battle was fought with 
Marangaranga. 
The children of Tuwharetoa were beaten. That battle is known as the 
battle of * Kakatarae.” Rakeipoho, Rongomai-te-ngangana, and Taniwha 
were the chiefs killed here. The women were taken prisoners by Maranga- 
ranga, and one hundred men killed and one hundred and forty left alive. 
Tuwharetoa retreated to the Ahi-o-ngatane (where Taupo road emerges 
on the plains near Runanga). They there caught a kiwi and killed it, and 
offered one half to the gods and one half to Papanui (a religious ceremony 
connected with war). Takatore was the name of the priest of the party 
who directed these things to be done. They slept there, and in the morn- 
ing they marched forth and surprised the enemy, who were cooking a man 
for food. They rushed them, and defeated the Marangaranga at Rarauhi- 
papa, and captured all the women of that tribe and killed perhaps two 
hundred men. 
The old man Tuwharetoa was residing at Kawerau all this time. The 
killed were carried to Hinemaiaia on the shores of Taupo Lake. The 
party then proceeded along the shore by Maniaheke and the Kowhaiataku, 
and on arriving at the point a& Umu-kuri they blew the pukaea (a trumpet 
made of wood bound together, about five feet long) as a signal to the 
Ngatikurapoto living at Rotongaio. When the woman named Hine- 
kaho-roa (a priestess) heard the sound, she went mad with rage, and 
called out the curse **Pokokohua-ma" (a Maori curse signifying mum- 
mified heads). 
When the sons of Tuwharetoa heard this curse they continued to blow 
the pukaea, thus :—T'o-roro-to-roro, thy brains, thy brains. Then called 
Hine-kaho-roa, the priestess, and said, ‘ I will liken my fern root to the 
bones of your ancestors Rangitu and Tangaroa.” Then were the hearts of 
those people dark, and they said, ** Why abide here to be put in kits of toe- 
toe.” So they marched off to the coast, to the kainga of Tuwharetoa, and 
told him they had been cursed by the Ngatikurapoto, and that the fernroot 
of Hine-kaho-roa had been called the bones of Rangitu and Tangaroa. The 
old man was very sad, and went straightway to the auguries that the curse 
might be put off him and fall upon the woman. 
