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This was all — they were killed. Then Tawaki spit upon the 
ground, made clay, and anointing her eyes, uttered this 
spell over Waitiri : — 
Irimata, Irimata, Wave before your eyes, Wave before your eyes 
Weromata, Weromata, Thou smitten blind, thou smitten blind, 
He wai o mata ki te ra, Be your eyes bright, 
He hurumai ra, 
He pa ko rirerire, 
Hae tahi ki te mata, 
0 Waitiri rua ki te 
Mata o Waitiri, 
Titiromai ra, 
Kakanomai ra, 
Ki te mata ora, 
Ki te mata o Rehua 
Like the sun that rises there, 
Since you are so greatly afflicted, 
Once to the eyes of Waitiri, 
Twice to the eyes 
of Waitiri, 
Look this way, 
Glance this way, 
With your healed eyes, 
With your star-like eyes. 
Aye, aye, my eyes are cured, my grandson. 
Another tradition states, Tawaki was a man of this 
world. Hapai beheld him from above and admired his 
great superiority ; she left Heaven and came to him in 
the night when he slept. Tawaki knew not whence she 
came, of course he thought she belonged to this world, 
but before day dawned she was gone, and had returned 
to Heaven. Tawaki arose and hunted about their sleep- 
ing place for her, but in vain ; this became the constant 
practice of Hapai every night ; at last she showed herself to 
Tawaki and stayed with him during the day also, then 
first did he learn that the woman was from Heaven, and 
she said to him ‘ f When our child shall be born if it should 
be a male I will wash it, but if it should be a female you shall 
do so.” A female child, Pianga, was born ; so Tawaki 
commenced his office and washed the child, afterwards he 
complained of its being offensive. Hapai wept ; she then 
arose and went and stood on the top of the teke teke, or 
image which stands on the summit of the gable end of the 
roof. Tawaki immediately ran out to catch her, but he 
did not succeed, he found she really was from Heaven, 
when he beheld her departure and disappearance, then the 
