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TRADITIONS AND LEGENDS. 
Manaia. 
At Whangarei there are some very remarkable looking 
rocks, which strike the eye of all who sail past them. The 
natives have a curious tradition respecting them. 
Formerly a very powerful priest, named Manaia, lived 
there, his wife, Maunga-kie-kie, was also a priestess ; they 
had two daughters, and a slave named Paeko. Manaia had 
a quarrel with the chief of some neighbouring isle; he 
thought the best way of conquering him would be to erect a 
pier from the main land to the island ; he, therefore, dili- 
gently set to work to make one, and so hard did he work at 
it that it seemed probable it would soon be completed. 
Now, his daughter, his chief favorite, was in love with 
the son of his enemy, she justly began to fear for his life, 
and therefore sent to her father, threatening that if he 
proceeded any further with his work, she would throw her- 
self into the sea from his pier and drown herself ; justly 
alarmed at this threat, Manaia desisted from proceeding 
with the work ; the rocks there jut out far into the sea, 
and present quite the appearance of a pier. Another tradi- 
tion states, that it was made by Manaia's daughter for the 
convenience of fishing, but it certainly appears to have been 
far too heavy and laborious a work for a young lady, and so 
thought her fathePs gods, who every night replaced all the 
stones she had brought during the day, and returned them 
to their original position; this opposition being continued 
night after night, she at last gave it up as being quite 
hopeless. The entire family then determined on going from 
Wan gar ei to the Bay of Islands, taking their slave Paeko 
with them, who carried a calabash in each hand and was 
followed by their dog ; before they began their journey Manaia 
quarrelled with his wife, and all were in a very bad temper 
with each other, they crossed over the Wangarei river and 
ascended the rugged ridge of the mountain on the other 
side, where they sat down to rest ; there again they re- 
newed the quarrel, the chief kicked his wife, the slave 
