Biographical.

Hori Waiti junior was adopted by relatives at Tokomaru Bay. He married Matiria and they had eight children: Peti (Mrs. J. Babbington, of Tokomaru Bay), Hirini (Tokomaru Bay), Paratene (Waipiro Bay), Hori Patene (Tokomaru Bay), Peihana (Tokomaru Bay), Prince (Tokomaru Bay), Adelaide (Mrs. Collins, of Te Arai), and Pani Tapatapa (Mrs. P. Mulligan, of East Cape). In all, Burns had twenty-six grandchildren and some scores of great grandchildren. The sixth generation has now appeared. Hori Waiti died on 10 August, 1898.

Amotawa's father's name is given in East Coast genealogies as Ihiri and her mother's as Aria.