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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 hoard the Takitinra, 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 hraided-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 Euatai. After a time Kahungunu followed his father, 

 and resided with him. 



The descendants of Tamatea and Euatai are : — 



1 Tamatea (/») = Euatai (/) 13 Whatakai 



2 Bauheretieki 14 Kahutaarua 



3 Euaroa 15 Eangi Ete Kahutu 



4 Kawhareana 16 Waruangaeterangi 



5 Kawharatatau 17 Hano-o-te-rangi 

 G Tarakaitata 18 Arawita 



7 Bangipokuro 19 Euawewe 



8 Kahukuramoia 20 Tamaiawhituo 



9 Kota 21 Heipora 



10 Tuna 22 Karamana 



1 1 Kahupangare 23 Hapuku Tamaiti. 



12 Taraia 



Tamatea and his son Kuhungunu, after residing for a time at the -pa of 

 Wharepatari, proceeded to Turanga (Poverty BayJ, where they took some 

 lizards as pets, and fed them with tawa berries (Xesodajihne taiva). 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 called 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 Euahine 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 Tapufcerangi (Watchman Island in Napier Har- 

 bour), and Oh ! the thoughts of the feeds on the thick-sided patiki (flounders) 

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