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ancient source, to account for the existence of greenstone, which differed from 
other stone, not only in kind, but in the manner of its distribution ; only being 
found in particular localities, and only in blocks of small size. Any one 
familiar with Cook Strait will see the fitness of the name Kaipara-te-hau 
= The wind-sports, for any headland along its coast. Kopu-wai = Water- 
stomach, represented as swallowing the enormous volume of water which 
flows down the channel of the Molyneux, in his attempt to intercept the 
flight of Kaiamio, seems to point to some convulsion of nature similar to 
that which occurred some years ago in China, when a chasm opened across 
the stream of the Yangtsekiang and swallowed up its waters, leaving the 
channel of the river dry for hundreds of miles. 
Tue LecGenp or Rowco-r-TUA. 
Rongo-i-tua (Fame-from-afar) was the first to arrive in this island from 
Hawaiki. He found the country inhabited by the Kahui Tipua, their chiefs 
were named Toi, Rauru, Hatoka, Riteka, Rongo-mai, Tahatiti, and Tama- 
rakai-ora. On seeing the stranger, they ordered food to be set before him ; 
and the servants brought mamaku, and kauru, and kiekie, and all their 
choice delicacies, but Rongo-i-tua hardly tasted anything, and presently 
asked for a kwmete, or bowl of water, to be brought. This he placed behind. 
him, so as to conceal what he did. Then, unfastening his waist-belt, he 
took from it some kao, or dried kumaras, which he placed in the bowl, 
repeating all the time the following incantation :— 
* u Ka rere, ka rere, te pito nei, 
Kei te puni puninga, te pito nei, 
Kei te kore korenga, te pito nei, 
Kei Maatera, kei Hawaiki." 
He kept feeling the kumaras, and when they were sufficiently softened, 
he mashed them into a pulp, and mixing them with the water, handed the 
bowl to his hosts. When the Kahui Tipua tasted the sweetness of the 
mixture, they wanted more of the food, and asked their guest where he 
obtained it; he told them from across the sea. Soon after this, T'ua-kaka- 
riki, one of their number, found a large totara tree on the beach, cast up 
by the sea. He measured its length, and found, after extending his arms 
along it ten times, that he had not reached the end of it. Delighted with 
his discovery, he hastened back to the pa. In the meantime, Rongo-i-tua 
reached the beach, and seeing the tree, mounted upon it, and deposited his 
excrement near the butt of it. When he, afterwards, heard Tua-kakariki 
claiming the tree by right of prior discovery, he told the people that it could 
not be claimed by Tua-kakariki, as it belonged to him long before in 
* He karakia tenei na Rongo-i-tua mo te weteka o te tatua. Ko tenei tatua ko Mauhope - 
(Fasten-waist) i roto te kumara i a Mau-hope. 
