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they sailed ; Hou mai i tawiti said, Friends, go to the other 
side of Tu, who is blowing, keep constantly steering in that 
direction, carry with you the grub Huhu, the Popo, but the 
Hanehane, a weapon, bury that in the earth ; Nga toro 
sat in the stern, Kearoa his wife, and Tama te kapua were 
below ; at sea they misbehaved, and caused the Arawa to 
be drawn into the Waha o te Parata , the mouth of Parata,* 
as a punishment. Ika cried out, Oh Toro oh, the pillow 
of Kearoa has fallen, Nga toro cried, lay hold of it that it 
may be fastened ; Ika stood up in the prow and uttered his 
karakia; Nga toro stood up in the stern and used the fol- 
lowing : — 
Loose the sacred post, 
The post of Rongomai whiti, 
Why do you not hearken, 
Bound is Kahika to the post before, 
To the post in the midst, 
To the post Wharawa (sleeping shed). 
Distant Heaven opposed. 
The spell of Kga toro saved the Arawa, behold they sailed 
opposite to Wangaparaoa, they saw there the Kata, and 
exclaimed, it is kura, red ochre ; Tauninihi threw their 
ochre into the sea, mistaking the bright scarlet blossom 
of the Pohutukawa for it, expecting to find abundance 
on shore ; they sailed thence close to Aotea, the great 
barrier ; there they left Muranui, one of their company, 
and sailing further reached Repanga, there they left their 
slaves, Mumukau and Takereti, and arrived opposite 
Maunganui, Tauranga. The dog of Tarawhata jumped 
into the water, and afterwards he followed it : this was the 
spell which he uttered while swimming : — 
Swims, swims Tarawhata, eh. 
Both reached the shore, and landed at Maunganui ; the 
anchorage of the Arawa was there, hence the name Tau- 
ranga ; they coasted along the shore, Hei stood up and 
* A great gulf in the middle of the ocean, supposed to cause the ebb and 
flow of the tide. (See Note page 260). 
