TRADITIONS AND LEGENDS. 
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0 Rupe, 0 Rupe, 
My brother, alas ! 
Their mutual lament was over, they dwelt together for days 
or for months, they reached Mangeremumu, the lazy months, 
i.e ., winter, then did Rupe return to his home, to heaven ; 
he reached Tawatupapa, where he was overtaken by the 
cold, being the Ngana o tahuhu, or ridge pole of heaven, 
where it was intensely cold ; at Tawatupapa Rupe caused his 
feathers to grow upon him, and they grew, he straight- 
ened them out, and they became straight, he caused them 
to be full grown, and they were full grown ; the new bird 
was fledged, the bird of Tane was full plumed ; this being 
finished Rupe flew up to the highest heaven, the abode of 
Rehua ; when Rupe was hungry the God Rehua unbound the 
girdle of his hair and shook his locks, when, wonderful to 
say, a flock of small birds immediately flew forth, upon which 
Rupe was invited to feed, but that he declined doing, as 
everything which had touched the head of the god was 
extremely sacred ; the mouth of Rupe became hoarse through 
hunger, thus truly the pigeon speaks through its nose and 
can only cry ku-ku. 
Legend oe Flying Men. 
The abode of Te manu i te ra, the bird of the day, was 
the hill Hikurangi. The evil caused by the moth and rust had 
not reached his house. He was a god and his house was 
called Totoka. The lightning of heaven flashed upon it. 
This was the proverb about him : — 
Rere rere atewaiti, Ka rere te manu i te ra, 
Ma rama rama ana tatu o te rangi. 
Uenga o te rangi possessed the power of flying, so did 
Tuwaka and Tamaroro. Maru also could fly, and likewise 
Rehua, he was a good man, behold his dwelling places were 
called Tupu o te rangi, the ancient of the sky, they are 
like the hill of Hikurangi. The daughter of Rehua Taki 
ao te rangi lived with Tu kai taua, behold the ears of Rehua 
