A VIEW ON THE MANGA-NUI-A-TE-AO, A TRIBUTARY OF THE WANGANUI. 
CHAPTER XY. 
TRADITIONS AND LEGENDS. 
(continued.) 
The Arrival op the Nga toro i rangi prom Hawaiki 
IN T^LE ArAWA. 
Listen to me, tliis is a tradition of our forefathers which 
we have heard : — 
Hei and Tia conceived the desire of making themselves a 
canoe, when they lived in Hawaiki, the name of the canoe 
was Te Arawa ; the cause of their leaving was Rahuitara a 
manaia, the name of a bloody battle ; before departing they 
sent for Nga toro i rangi, as a priest for their canoe, then 
