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arriving near his dwelling, she slew her favorite slave Anonokia, 
and took out his lungs as an offering for Kai-tangata ; which, 
when she came to him, she presented. Kai-tangata feared her. 
Waitiri said, the fame of your bravery reached me ; it was an 
uncertain report, however. I immediately came to judge for 
myself, and have killed my favourite slave, to propitiate your 
favour. They became man and wife : their first boi’n was 
Punga, afterwards Karihi, and the youngest Hema. 
Their children were not particularly clean. Kai-tangata 
turned up his nose and said, Hu! the filthy children ! Wai¬ 
tiri was offended. She then gave names to her children, and 
said to them, Punga, the anchor of your father’s canoe, this 
is the name for the elder ; for the second, the Karihi, or 
sinker of your father’s net; for my youngest, I leave as a 
name Whaka Makanga, my shame, on account of your father’s 
word about your filth. Afterwards she ascended to heaven ; 
her parting words were,—When Punga has children, do not 
let them follow me ; she called to Karihi, when you have 
grown up, do not suffer your children to go and seek me ; 
when my Waka Makanga has a child, he may come to 
me ; these were the parting words of Waitiri; she then 
ascended up to heaven. When Kai-tangata returned from 
the sea, he asked his children, Where is your mother?— 
They answered, she has gone to heaven, to her dwelling- 
place. Kai-tangata inquired, what did she say to you ?— 
She said, that Punga, the anchor of your canoe, was to be 
my name ; that for this here (pointing to his brother), the 
name was to be Karihi, the sinker of your net; that for 
our sister, the Waka Makanga of our mother, for your turn¬ 
ing up your nose at our fifth : they went and showed the 
Paepae to their father. 
The offspring of Punga and Karihi were the lizard, shark, 
and dog-fish. The child of Hema was Tawaki. The elder 
brethren took Muri-waka-roto and Kohuhango as their wives: 
these women were not satisfied with their husbands; they 
preferred Tawaki. His elder relatives hated him ; they said, 
let us go to Wai-ranga-tuhi, where he had gone to wash. 
Tawaki prayed— 
