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said, leave that country which lies there, as a resting- 
place for my child Waitaka ; Tia stood up and said, leave 
the land which is spread out there as a resting-place for 
my child Tapuika ; Tama te Kapua stood up, and said, 
leave that promontory which lies there as the point of my 
nose, truly that is the name of JNga Kurai, Maketu point ; 
they landed on Motiti, the island of Maketu, and dragged 
the Arawa on shore ; the crew stood up and tied its cable, 
Te Hau painted it on Motitinui, near to Hoieke ; they dwelt 
there and raised their Tuahu, called Taumaihi ; their gods 
were Hani and Puna ; afterwards they sailed thence, landed 
on the main land, and hauled the Arawa on shore ; its crew 
stood up, fastened its cable, and sang the song : — 
Kua keria te awa i Maketu nui e Tupiahoieke. 
The river from great Maketu was dug hard by Tupahoieke. 
They dwelt at Maketu, and thence separated ; Uruhika, the 
priest, from whom the idea of coming arose, and after him 
Matamoko went to look for suitable spots to live in, after- 
wards this man, that man, this man, that man, each went to 
select a spot for himself ; Hei and Tia dwelt apart from 
Maketu, there Raumati came and burnt the Arawa with fire 
(but the accounts vary as to the name of the person who did 
it, and the manner in which it was done). When Hatupatu, 
the famous hero living at Rotorua, heard of it, he came 
and slew Raumati, carried off his head, and returned to 
his home. 
A Tale oe tbe Patupaiarehe oe Pirongia. 
There was a man whose name was Ruarangi, and Tawhaiti 
was his wife, they were the only persons living in the 
kainga with their two sons ; one of these died, but they 
still continued in the same place ; Ruarangi' s employ- 
ment was shooting birds. Behold the patupaiarehe came 
to the kainga and surprised the child and its mother, they 
carried off the mother, so that when Ruarangi returned 
she was gone, he questioned the child, where is your 
