Locke. — Historical Traditions of Taupo and East Coast Tribes. 439 



Plains from Heretaonga (Hawke's Bay). "Wlien 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, Eakahopukia, Eakei- 

 poho, Eakei-makaha, Taniwha, and Eongomai-te-ngangana. Their sons, 

 the grandchildren of Tuwharetoa, went also. They pursued and overtook 

 the enemy at Kakatarae, near Eunanga, where a battle was fought with 

 Marangaranga. 



The children of Tuwharetoa were beaten. That battle is known as the 

 battle of " Kakatarae." Eakeipoho, Eongomai-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 Eunanga). 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 Earauhi- 

 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 at 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 Eotongaio. 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 : — To-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 Eangitu 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 Eangitu 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. 



