MYTHOLOGY. 
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manu huna a Tane”—(the hidden bird of Tane), applied to 
a person who arrives when it is dark, or remains unnoticed in 
the place. 
Of Tiki little is preserved : his great work was that of 
making man, which he is said to have done after his own 
image. One account states, that he took red clay and kneaded 
it with his own blood, and so formed the eyes and limbs, 
and then gave the image breath. Another, that man was 
formed of clay, and the red ochreous water of swamps, 
and that Tiki bestowed both his own form and name upon 
him, calling him Tiki-alma, or Tiki’s likeness. The most prized 
ornament is an uncouth image of a man, formed of green stone, 
and worn round the neck as an “ Heitiki” image, or remem¬ 
brance of Tiki.* The new-born infant is called “ he potiki,” 
or a gift of Tiki from the Po or Hades. And the top knot of 
a Chief’s head, the most sacred part of the person, is called 
“He Tiki.” 
Some traditions say that Tiki is a woman, but the general 
idea is the contrary. 
•j 
The next person who appears on the stage is Maui: he 
may be called the grand hero of the New Zealand mythology, 
a Tane ka noho i a Papa, ka puta ki waho ko te Kiwi, ko te manu hunahuna a 
Tane, ka noho a Tane ka noho i a Haerea wawa, ka puta ki, waho ko te Weka- 
ka noho a Tane i a Tuwairore, ka puta ki waho ko te ka-hikatea, ko te Rimu, ko 
te Totara, ko te Aratau-waiti o Tane ko nga tamatama a Tane motu te nga 
nahau ko te kiri, ko te kahi-katoa, hei whare mo Kahu-kura, i maru ai a 
kahukura. 
From Tane and Mumuwango came the 
Totara 
99 
Puwhakahara 
■ 1 
' Kahikatoa 
! Ake-rau-tangi 
► trees. 
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Ata-tangi-rea 
99 
Maire-rau-nui J 
1 
99 
Parauri 
99 
Tui > 
) 
99 
Papa 
99 
Kiwi 
. birds. 
99 
Awa awa 
99 
\ 
Weka J 
[ Kahikatea j 
1 
• trees. 
9 9 
Tuwairore 
” 
1 Rimu ) 
But the Totara, 
the chief of trees is 
the best for canoes ; whilst the 
rau tangi and the Kahikatoa are the more suitable for weapons of war ; and 
the bark of the Kahikatoa serves as a house for Kahukura.” 
* The word Tiki in Nukuhiva, or Tii in Hawaiian, means an image.—See 
Buddie's Lectures. 
