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to Maketu ; they did the same, going inland by Waikato, 
and also lighted their fire at Hipapatua, and thence a little 
further off at Orakei korako, then at Tihi oruru, again at 
Rotomahana, then they made a fire at Wakarewa-rewa, 
afterwards at Ohine mutu, and there they terminated their 
work of setting the earth on fire ; they went on to Maketu 
to see their brother, and reaching his marae got on the tuahu. 
In the morning, when Nga toro i rangi went to perform his 
usual devotions, he saw his sisters sitting there, and said, 
is that you ? they replied, yes ; what are you seeking ? 
they answered, you ; what did you come for ? a curse of 
your brother-in-law Manaia, that you would be cooked 
with the stones of Tuaikorora ;* what was the reason ? an 
oven of half-cooked food which we made ; then said Nga 
toro i rangi, leave for the cooking of him the stones 
of Maikukutea at Maketu. This done they karakiad 
upon the Tuahu ;f when Nga toro i rangi had finished he 
dug up a totara for his canoe out of a swamp, the bare 
tree in its natural state, unhollowed and unshaped, with 
its roots and branches remaining, this was called Tota- 
rakeria, the dug up totara; then they embarked upon it 
with their followers, who were twice seventy in number, 
perched amongst its branches. It was the power of his ka- 
rakia which made it so light as to float upon the surface of 
the sea ; yes, twice seventy men went upon the branches of 
Totarakeria, they reached Hawaiki, landed and went on 
shore in the night, entered the marae, the sacred inclosure 
of Manaia, and laid themselves down amongst the tuahus. 
Then Nga toro i rangi bid his followers smite their noses 
with their fists, and smear themselves over with the blood, 
that they might appear to be slain, from this circumstance 
the name of the battle was Ihumoto motokia, or bloody- 
nose battle. Nga toro i rangi ascended the Tuahu of Manaia 
and laid himself down upon it as though slain by his god. 
* In another it is Waikoroariki. 
f The Tuahu appears originally to have been a pyramidical structure, like 
the teocalli ; in New Zealand it was only a stage or stone. 
