the New Zealanders. 
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We likewise hear of Rooenuku, the husband of Ron- 
gomai, the two colours of the rainbow. 
Tekee, the third son of Rangi and Papa, is said to have 
begat men : but nothing satisfactory of his first-born is 
known, or indeed of any of his offspring. The line here 
seems completely broken* ; nor is anything more heard 
of man till we come to Mahuika, who by some is said 
to be the grandfather of the Mani family ; though nothing 
of his immediate offspring is known, nor from what 
family he descended. 
The next person introduced to our notice is Heneni- 
tepo, a woman, who is generally stated to be the mother 
of the Mani family, though nothing of her husband is 
known, or whether she had any husband ; and yet she 
is said to have born six sons, whose names and order of 
birth are as follows ; viz.— 
Manimua, Manipae, 
Maniroto, Manitikitikiotaranga, 
Manitaha, and Manipotiki, 
who is said by some to have died in the birth ; but 
by others not. By some it is stated, that the older 
brothers witnessed the birth of Manipotiki, and laughed, 
in consequence of which he died; and that this 
circumstance was the cause of the introduction of death 
into the world, and that man ever since has been subject 
to disease and death. If this had not happened, the 
New Zealanders say, man would never have died, except 
by the hand of violence. 
Others again affirm, that Manipotiki w T as born alive, 
and that it was he who fished up the island, and did 
many wonderful works : but, boasting to his brothers 
one day that he could be born of his mother a second 
* The natives observe, that they have no doubt but that there was 
a regular line of descent, but that it has been forgotten, having no 
kind of book to assist the memory. 
