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peared above, Ms bead and shoulders, entered within the 
snare, then he pulled it tight, he was killed; Poporokewa 
died, the thousands of Poporokewa also were killed by Wa- 
katau potiki, thence the proverb from Muri W akatau potiki, 
by whom was burnt the Tihi-o-manono. When he had 
finished his slaying, Wakatau returned to his place to Pa- 
parohia. 
NGA TORO RANGI AND HIS SlSTERS. 
Nga toro i rangi went from Maketu, where he lived with 
his slave Nga uruhoe after his arrival from Hawaiki, to see 
what kind of country there was inland ; he reached mount 
Tauwhara, which he ascended, and thence walked by the 
sea of Taupo, into which he cast his staff, which became a 
great totara tree, and is still to be seen, standing up in the 
dark blue waters of the lake ; * as he walked along its shores 
he shook his mat over the waters, and from the bits which 
fell from it sprang the Inanga, f which now abound in the 
lake. 
Tia was the first person who came to Taupo, he called 
the moana f Taupo a Tia,” he came to Totara ; after 
him Nga toro i rangi arrived, who saw the signs of Tia having 
been there, but to make it appear that he was the first by a 
very long time, he did not cut a green post, but took an old 
dry one, and set that up as a sign of his coming before Tia, 
afterwards he went on to Poutu, and there left the im- 
pression of his foot on the solid rock, where the marks of his 
heel and five toes are still plainly to be seen ; thence he 
journeyed on to Tongariro, which he ascended, in order the 
better to see the country, there he was overcome with the 
* Numbers of large trunks of trees may be seen in the lake, proving that the 
ground had subsided, in proportion to the quantity of matter ejected from the 
neighbouring volcano. 
f A small fish, about two inches long, very abundant, and taken in large 
quantities, it is one of the chief supports of the Taupo natives. 
X Taupo lake, on account of its size, was called “ Te moana,” The Sea, 
by way of distinction. 
