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To which Hine-te-iwaiwa replied- 
Ko Rnpe te tungane, 
Ko Hina te tuahine, 
Mei na whea mai ? 
Mei na raro mai ? 
Mei na rnnga mai ? 
Whakapiko to ara kia Rehua. 
Rupe is my brother, 
Hina is his sister, 
But how came he here ? 
Did he come from below ? 
Did he come from above ? 
Let him ascend up his way to 
Rehua. 
When Tini-rau returned, Rnpe with the child and its 
mother were gone, he had folded them up under his wings 
and flown away ; Tini-rau called out as they went, 0 Rupe, 
bring back your sister and the child ! Hine-te-iwaiwa 
said to her brother, do not consent to my going back, 
only let him have his child ; he gently let it fall, and Tini- 
rau caught it, he fed it with water, the child grew, and 
was named Tuhuruhuru, from the plumage of Rupe. One 
day the children went to play at the teka,* some cast their 
stalks — they did not fly, Tuhuruhuru threw his, having first 
uttered this karakia : — 
Taku teka nei, You are my teka, 
Ko te teka nawai, The teka of whom ? 
Ko te taka na Tuhuruhuru, The teka of Tuhuruhuru. 
Te rokohina te rokohana. Overtake the other sticks and 
arrive first. 
Jealous of his skill in throwing the teka, the children 
mocked him, there goes the teka of this bastard, where is 
his mother ? 
Tuhuruhuru heard their taunts, and when he returned 
home he demanded of Tini-rau his father, where is my 
mother ? Tini-rau replied, I don’t know, you can’t reach 
her, the child demanded, but where is she ? you do not tell 
me, lest I should go to her, his father said, you are wel- 
come to go, if you like, but listen to my advice, when you 
have reached a burnt piece of ground, go and roll yourself in 
the ashes to disguise your countenance, that they may think 
* A game with fern stalks, which are thrown to see who can cast them the 
furthest, and hit a mark. 
