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TRADITIONS AND LEGENDS. 
its chief was Hoturoa. The Aotea roa remained for a time 
at Hauraki, and thence sailed to Otahnhn in company with 
the Tainui and Tonga maru, where they hauled the canoe 
across the isthmus,* the Aotea roa remained at Aotea ; the 
Tainui at Kawia ; and the Tonga maru at Nga ti awa. 
Some time after they left Hawaiki, the young child Tute 
nangahau, Mania’s son, was missed, but they could not dis- 
cover what had become of him, until Tuparaunui, a large fly 
and an ancient god, came to their aid, by his exquisite 
power of smell, he found out where he was buried, and by 
his low thrilling sound over the spot, enabled them to dis- 
cover the poor child’s remains. 
* From the Tamaki to Manukau there is a portage of not more than a 
quarter of a mile, called Ota huhu ; by dragging their canoes across this, they 
passed from the Eastern Sea to the Western. 
HE TIEHERU, OR BOAT SCOOP. 
