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who has adzed our canoe * one called to another, My friends 
come and see him, he has got quite a different look, he 
must be a God. They set off to their dwelling place and 
enquired of Hapai, what was the appearance of your hus- 
band ? the woman described him, then they exclaimed, Yes, 
indeed that is altogether his look. When he arrived the 
woman kept demanding, who are you ? Tawaki went straight 
on, are you Tawaki ? Yes, yes, indeed. When he reached 
the side of the woman he caught hold of his daughter who 
had gone to him ; they all ran out, for the place was made 
sacred by Tawaki. The tribe loudly expressed its admira- 
tion of his noble appearance, one day he put on one form 
and another day a different one. They dwelt together, he 
and his wife ; he said, I have come that our child may be 
named, to this Hapai assented. When the day dawned, 
they took down a portion of the back gable of the house, as 
a road for the child to go out by.* This is the Takai or 
speech which was then uttered as she went — 
“ Go forth 0 daughter (great.) 
Go forth by the honorable road, 
The long line of Tinirau, 
Go forth and return, 
0 Hineireire, Hineireire be 
Thy name given at Motu tapu. 
The lightning glances, 
The lightning darts forth, 
From the armpits of Tawaki.” 
They took her to the water and when they reached it they 
baptized and named her, saying — 
May thy foot frequent the great courts, 
The long courts, the courts of Hine, 
0 my daughter. 
May Puanga baptize thee 
With the water of Moto ikuwai 
* When the child of a great chief was named, instead of its being carried out 
by the door an opening was made for it through the side of the building, as a 
mark of respect. So when a great chief entered a pa, if the people wished to 
treat him with distinction, they jvould not suffer him to enter by the gate, but 
pulled down a portion of the fortifications for him to pass through. 
