Locxr.—-Historical Traditions of Taupo and East Coast Tribes. -449 
Zealand) The name of the place where they landed was Whangaparaoa 
(near East Cape). After stopping there for some time, they worked along 
to Tauranga, in the Bay of Plenty. Here the canoes separated, some going 
north, others stopping there, and others again going to different places. 
But Kupe and Ngake returned on board the Takitimu, leaving Tamatea 
and his son, Kahungunu, at Tauranga. After Tamatea and his son 
Kahungunu had resided for some time at Tauranga, on one occasion 
when they were making fishing-nets, they braided-in the hair of Kahu- 
ngunu’s mother Iwi, which was taken as a great insult. So Tamatea left 
that place, and settled at the pa of Wharepatari, and took his daughter to 
wife, Her name was Ruatai. After a time Kahungunu followed his father, 
and resided with him. 
The descendants of Tamatea and Ruatai are :— 
1 Tamatea (m) = Ruatai (f) 13 Whatakai 
2 Rauheretieki 14 Kahutaarua 
9 Ruaroa 15 Rangi Ete Kahutu 
4 Kawhareana 16 Waruangaeterangi 
5 Kawharatatau ` 17 Hano-o-te-rangi 
6 Tarakaitata 18 Arawita 
7 Rangipokuro 19 Ruawewe 
8 Kahukuramoia 20 Tamaiawhituo 
9 Kota : 21 Heipora 
10 Turia 22 Karamana 
11 Kahupangare 23 Hapuku Tamaiti. 
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Tamatea and his son Kuhungunu, after residing for a time at the pa of 
Wharepatari, proceeded to Turanga (Poverty Bay), where they took some 
lizards as pets, and fed them with tawa berries (Nesodaphne tawa). The 
lizards belonged to Tarapaikea. They journeyed on from Turanga. At 
Arapauanui they observed that the work of that place was catching rats 
and digging fern-roots. They proceeded on naming places from events that 
occurred. The next place was Otiere, where patiki was the food ; then on 
to Taputeranga, carrying the pet lizards ; here they lost one of their pets 
on the road, so they ealled the place Poka, which was the name of the 
lizard. At Waitio they consulted the gods, so that place is called Taro- 
hanga; and they journeyed on until they arrived at Puna-Awatea and 
Pohukura, on the Ruahine Mountain, near the pass on the present road to 
Patea. Here they looked back towards Heretaonga (Hawke's Bay) and 
saw the sea-gulls flying about; hence the saying, '' Behold the sea-gulls 
flying and screeching over Taputerangi (Watchman Island in Napier Har- 
bour), and Oh! the thoughts of the feeds on the thick-sided patiki (flounders) 
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