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TRADITIONS AND LEGENDS. 
then covered him over with the leaves : he was cooked and 
eaten.* This led to interminable wars. 
The Burning of the Tihi o Manono by Wakataupotiki. 
The beginning of the journey of Apakura to fetch 
Wakatau to avenge the death of her child,, of Tuwaka- 
raro. She found Wakatau at his place Paparahi, and on 
her arrival called out to him, I have come to fetch you 
to revenge the death of your youngest brother, because 
you are both my children. Wakatau assented, and said 
to Apakura, return, and when you get home make me a 
canoe, a long spade, a spear also, and fill me several cala- 
bashes with oil, when Apakura got home, the men of 
the place enquired of her, what did he say to you ? She 
replied, he bid me make him a canoe, adze him a long 
spade, and fill him a calabash with oil (literally with water 
which is put for oil), it was not long before the men 
of the place had finished the canoe, formed the spade, 
and filled the calabashes, when Wakatau arrived, the 
thousands of the place were there awaiting him to be his 
companions in the war expedition, he asked for what 
* In another version of this story : Tini-rau despatched his sisters, when 
they discovered Kae, who had built himself a new house, they sent the exact 
pattern of it to Tini-rau, he caused a fac-simile of it to be made ; they 
then rotued the entire pa, carried off Kae, and laid him in the new house. 
In the morning, one went and awoke him, saying, well, Kae, where 
are you ? he replied, where should I be, but in my house ; another crept in 
and said, well, Kae, where are you ? he looked about, but could find no 
difference, as both houses were exactly alike, he said, I am at home ; a third 
came ; and thrusting the door a little aside, demanded, well, Kae, where are 
you ? Kae looked out, but seeing different scenery, said, I don’t know. 
They then told him where he was, and killed him. 
Ko te mea i kai kino ai te Tangata Maori. 
Na Kae i timata, ko tutunui he tohora, Titiro ana nga tamahine a Tini-rau, 
ko Kae, ka patua na Tini-rau : i patu Kae rawa, muri iho ko Tuhuruhuru, ka 
patua hei utu mo Kae : ka ea te mate o Kae, ka utua e Wakatau : ka mate ko 
Mango pare, ko Manga waho. Na titiro ana a Wakatau, ka tahuna te ware o 
te Tihi o Manono. Ka tahi ka tupu mai ki nga uri : ka tahi ka kainga te tan- 
gata no te witinga mai o Tainui o te Arawa, o te mata atua ki tenei Motu ka 
timata ai te kai tangata. Na Hoturoa tenei Korero. 
