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the fame of Kai-tangata and his bravery reached her; on her 
arriving near his dwelling, she slew her favorite slave 
Anonokia, and took out his lungs as an offering for Kai- 
tangata, which she presented to him. Kai-tangata feared 
her. Waitiri said, the fame of your bravery reached me, 
it was an uncertain report however. I therefore came to 
judge for myself, and have killed my favourite slave, to 
propitiate your favour ; they became man and wife : their 
first born was Punga, the next Karihi, and the youngest 
Hema. 
Their children were not particularly clean, Kai-tangata 
turned up his nose and said, Hu ! the filthy children ! Wai- 
tiri was offended ; she then gave names to her offspring, 
and said to them, Punga, the anchor of your father's canoe 
is your name as the elder ; for the second Karihi, or the 
sinker of your father's net ; for my youngest, I leave as a 
name Whaka Makanga, my shame, on account of your 
father's word about you, afterwards she ascended to heaven; 
her parting words were, — When Punga has children, do 
not let them follow me ; she called to Karihi, when you 
have growu up, do not suffer your children to go and seek 
me; but when my Waka Makanga has a child, he may come 
to me; these were the parting words of Waitiri; she then 
ascended up into heaven. When Kai-tangata returned from 
the sea, he asked his children, where is your mother? — they 
answered, she has gone to heaven, her dwelling place. 
Kai-tangata inquired, what did she say to you ? — she said, 
that Punga, the anchor of your canoe, was to be my name ; 
that for this here, pointing to his brother, Karihi, the 
sinker of your net; that for our sister, the Waka Makanga 
of our mother, for turning up your nose at us : they went 
and showed to their father the Paepae she had made.* 
The offspring of Punga and Karihi were the lizard, shark, 
and dog-fish ; the child of Hema was Tawaki. The elder 
brethren took Muri-waka-roto and Kohuhango as their wives ; 
these women were not satisfied with their husbands, they 
preferred Tawaki ; his elder relatives hated him ; they said, 
* A temple of Cloacina, one of the chief Maori constellations. 
