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pointed out as being part of the “Tainui.” This rock, with the land immediately 
surrounding it, was formerly under strict tapu, but the sanctity of the place, 
and of the supposed relic, have succumbed to the march of civilization, and 
curiosity-hunters have long since marred the picturesque outline of the stone 
by breaking off corners. Hoturoa is also said to be the ancestor of the 
Ngatiraukawa, Ngatikowhata and Ngatimaniapoto tribes, the order of descent 
in the several cases being much as follows :—From Hoturoa, through Hotuma- 
tapu and Kouwe, sprang Raka, whose eldest son, Tuihaua, was the ancestor of 
Toa Rangatira, the actual founder of the Ngatitoa as a separate tribe, and 
from whom they derive their name. From another son of Raka, named 
Kakati, through Tawhao and Turonga, sprang Raukawa, from whom the 
Ngatiraukawa derive their name. From Toa Rangatira, in direct descent, 
came Kimihia, the mother of Werawera, who married a Ngatiraukawa woman 
named Parekowhatu. These two were the parents of Te Rauparaha, and of 
his sister Waitohi, the mother of Rangihaieta, who will be frequently 
mentioned in the course of this narrative. Besides Te Rangihaieta, Waitohi 
had other children, of whom a daughter named Topiora is still living at Otaki, 
and is the mother of Matene Te Whiwhi, for many years past, and still, one of 
the most influential chiefs of the Ngatitoa and Ngatiraukawa tribes. Topiora’s 
husband was a Ngatiraukawa man, of high rank, named Te Rangi Kapiki, 
who himself claimed to be closely connected to Ngatitoa, both by ancient 
descent and through frequent intermarriages between members of the two 
tribes. Tracing back again, we find Te Urutira and his sister, Hine Kahu- 
kura, in the third place in the ascending line from Toa Rangatira. From 
Hine Kahukura sprang Parewahawaha and Parekowhatu, the former of whom 
married Tihau, by whom she had a son named Whatanui, the father of the 
great chief of that name, who was at the head of the Ngatiraukawa tribe, 
during the career of Te Rauparaha, We see, therefore, that the leading chiefs 
of the Ngatitoa and Ngatiraukawa tribes claim descent from common 
ancestors, and that frequent intermarriages took place between the members of 
these tribes, since they branched off from the common stock. The same 
remarks apply, but in less degree, to the descent of the Ngatimaniapoto and 
Ngatikowhata, who also claim Hoturoa as their remote ancestor; but it is 
unnecessary, for the purposes of my story, that I should trace up the history 
of these tribes, as they do not appear to have taken any prominent part 
in the events in which the Ngatitoa were engaged after their departure from 
Kawhia. ; 
As my readers are doubtless aware, Kawhia is the only harbour of any 
note between the Manukau, which lies about sixty miles to the northward of 
it, and Wanganui, which lies at some distance within the entrance of Cook 
Straits ; but, like all the other harbours on the West Coast of the North 
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