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meaning in it. He went to the sky or heaven of Taraa-i-waho (son on the 

 outside) to avenge the death of his father. He found Tamaiwaho's place 

 crossbarred, but got over it. Tamaiwaho retired behind another crossbar, and 

 called to Tawhaki : " What are you pursuing me for, you ugly man ?" 

 Tawhaki replied ? " I am a handsome man, you are the ugly man. Give over 

 some to me as a satisfaction for the murder of my father." "Never, never," 

 cried Tamaiwaho. Tawhaki got over the barricade and Tamaiwaho retired 

 behind a third. There some fighting happened in which Tama was 

 wounded. Then he called to Tawhaki ; " You are a handsome man." " Give 

 over some to me," cried Tawhaki. Tama gave over some, and then said : 

 "that is all." "Give up all," demanded Tawhaki. Tama gave up to him 

 Ateatenuku, Ateaterangi, Harihangatepo, Harihangateao, Komehinuku, 

 Mataatawhaki, and others. If these names represent persons or places I do 

 not know. Possibly they are names of stai's, or may signify islands. 



In Sir George Grey's book are different tales about Tawhaki. There, they 

 end with an interesting tale of Tawhaki going up to the sky in pursuit of his 

 wife, who had left him in a pet for a trivial offence. But that tale is not 

 known here. 



4. Wahieroa. 

 "When Wahieroa, Tawhaki's son, was grown up, he took to wife Matokarau- 

 tawhiri. In the course of time the wife became pregnant, and then had a 

 wish to eat a bird, a tui {koko in this dialect), and her husband went into the 

 bush and caught her one. Some time after, she had again a fancy for a koko, 

 and again her husband went, with a servant, into the forest. As he could not 

 find a koko in his own district, he went into that of Matuku. Here Matuku 

 surprised them, slew Wahieroa, and took the servant with him as a prisoner. 

 Some time after this event a child was born, who was named Rata. 



5. Rata. 



When Rata grew up, he asked his mother: "What has become of my 

 father?" "He has been murdered," said the mother. "Who murdered him?" 

 asked Rata. " Matuku did," said the mother. Before you were born I had 

 a fancy to eat a koko, and your father went into Matuku's forest, and there 

 Matuku murdered him." "Where is Matuku now?" asked Rata. "Look 

 where the sun rises out of the sea: there, in that direction. It is far away; 

 you cannot yet get there," said the mother. 



Some time after ^his conversation, the mother went into the forest to find 

 a tree that could be made into a canoe. She found a large totara tree which 

 would answer the j)urpose. A branch of this she took home with her, and in 

 the evening she spake thus to her son: "I have been in the wood, and found 



