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Tane Tuturi — the bending; from doing so when he lifted up 
the sky. 
Pepeki — the bowing ; when his feet were against the sky. 
Uetika — from his being straight as a tree. 
Te Waiora — from his giving the living water which restored life 
to those who bathed in it. 
Mahuta — probably because canoes were made out of his trees. 
Tane was also the father of night birds, the owl and the 
bat, hence the proverb, “ Ko te manu huna a Tane ” the 
hidden bird of Tane, applied to a stranger who arrives in 
the dark, or remains in the place unnoticed.* 
Of Tiki little is preserved; his great work was that of 
making man, which he is said to have done after his own 
image. One account states, that he took red clay and 
kneaded it with his own blood, and so formed the eyes and 
limbs, and then gave the image breath. Another, that man 
was made of clay, and the red ochreous water of swamps, 
and that Tiki bestowed both his own form and name upon 
him, calling him Tihi-ahua, or Tiki's likeness. The most 
prized ornament is an uncouth image of a man, formed of 
* Ka noho a Tane, i a te Mumuwhango, ka puta ki waho ko te Totara ; ka 
noho a Tane i a te Puwhakahara ka puta ki waho ko te Kahikatoa, te Ake 
rautangi ; ka noho a Tane i a ta Ata-tangi rea, ka puta ki waho te Maire rau 
nui ; ka noho a Tane i a Parauri, ka puta ki waho ko te Tui ; ka noho a Tane 
i a Papa, ka puta ki waho ko te Kiwi, ko te manu hunahuna a Tane ; ka 
noho a Tane i a Haerea wawa, ka puta ki waho ko te Weka ; ka noho a Tane 
i a Tuwairore, ka puta ki waho ko te Kahikatea, ko te Rimu, ko te Totara, ko 
te Aratau-waiti o Tane ko nga tamatama a Tane mo Tu tenga nahau ko te kiri, 
ko te Kahi-katoa, hei whare mo Kahukura, i mam ai a kahukura. 
From Tane and Mumuwango 
came the 
Totara 
From Tane and Puwhakahara 
>> 
l Kahikatoa ; 
\ Ake-rau-tangi j 
► trees. 
99 
Ata-tangi-rea 
9 9 
Maire-rau-nui J 
99 
Parauri 
99 
Tui -j 
i 
99 
Papa 
99 
Kiwi & night > 
■ birds. 
99 
Awa awa 
9 9 
Weka ) 
1 
9 9 
Tuwairore 
99 
i Kahikatea j 
( Rimu, Totara j 
| trees. 
“ But the Totara, the chief of trees, is the best for canoes ; whilst the Ake 
rau tangi and the Kahikatoa are the most suitable for weapons of war ; and the 
bark of the Kahikatoa serves as a house for Kahukura.” 
