Contents

Chapter.	Page
I. Ue-Nuku and Whena	1
Ue-nuku and whena	3
Whena kills the children of Ue-nuku	5
Mahi-rua and Ue-nuku	7
Battle of Ra-to-rua	9
Rua-tapu kills his companions	11
Ue-nuku and Taka-rita	13
Ue-nuku kills his wife	15
Tawheta visits Ue-nuku	17
Ue-nuku prepares to attack Tawheta	19
The battle: Pai-mahutanga taken prisoner	21
Ue-nuku and Hoe-ora	23
Rua-tapu and his revenge	25
Paikea escapes to land	27
Rua-tapu and Oue-nuku	29
Ue-nuku insults Paikea	31
Paikea at Whaka-tane	33
Horana and Ue-nuku	35
Revenge of Rua-tapu	37
Escape of Paikea	39
Canoe Nuku-tere	41
Rua-wharo, Tu-pai, and Tumu-whakairihia	43
Rua-wharo taught by Tumu-whakairihia	45
Chiefs who came in Taki-tumu	47
II. Ue-Nuku	48
Ue-nuku and Rua-tapu	49
Ue-nuku and his comb	51
Rua-tapu and a great tide	53
Rua-tapu and Paikea	55
Paikea on the ocean	57
Rua-wharo and Tu-pai	59
Acts of Rua-wharo and Tu-pai	61
Taki-tumu and her crew	63
Rua-wharo, Tu-pai, and Ira	65

III. Pou-Heni and Hine-Kau-I-Rangi	66
Ira family	67
Sick cured	69
Rongo-kako and Tama-tea	71
Horo-uta, and food of crew	73
Kahu-ngunu and Tama-tea	75
Rongo-kako and his father	77
Tama-tea-pokai-whenua	79
Kahu-ngunu and Whaene	81
Kahu-ngunu and Rongo-mai-wahine	83
Kahu-ngunu obtains paua	85
Kahu-ngunu and Rongo-mai-wahine	87
Kahu-ngunu and his children	89
Tama-tea and Rangi-nui	91
IV. Tama-Tea and Rongo-Kako	92
Pawa and Hou-nuku	93
Horo-uta at East Cape	95
Kumara, how brought to New Zealand	97
Obtaining kumara at Hawa-iki	99
Horo-uta wrecked	101
Gods of kumara and fern-root	103
V. Rongo-I-Tua and Kahui-Tupua	105
Kumara obtained from Po-tiki	107
Canoes Arai-te-uru and Manuka	109
Rongo-i-tua and Kahui-tipua	111
Gods of kumara	113
Kumara and roi not put together	115
Kahu-kura, and origin of fish	117
VI. Tara-Ki-Uta and Tara-Ki-Tai	118
Death of twins	119
Taranga-kahu-tai and Taraia	121
Tama-te-ra and Iwi-ka-tere	123
Te-rapu-wai and Kahui-tipua	125
Teaching of Whare-patari	127
Rangi-whaka-oma and Tawake-ariki	129
Rakau-manawa-he and his wife	131
Hau-iti and his sons	133
The battles Kau-neke and Te-rangi-hi-wera	135
Rua-tau-pare and her children	137
Tu-ere and Tangi-haere	139
Pukoro-au-ahi and Puha-ure-roa	141
Hotu-ngakau and stolen taro	143
VII. Nga-Ti-Ira	145
Tawhi-pari insulted	147
Defeated by eating crawfish	149

Battles of Aitanga-a-hau-iti and Nga-ti-ira	151
Hine-ika kills a man	153
Revenge for insult	155
Death of Mahine-tu-ki-te-rangi	157
Song to entrap Tu-te-aio-rangi	159
Te-ahu insulted by Waro	161
Descendants of Tane-nui-a-rangi	163
Tare-wai and his wars	165
Insult to Whakataka-anewha	167
Capture of Tare-wai	169
Revenge of Tare-wai	171
Tare-wai and his enemies	173
VIII. Rau-Rika (Reka)	175
Rangi-tama, from the North Island	177
Migration from North Island across Cook Strait	179
Tuahu-riri and his enemies	181
Korako and his first victim	183
Te-rapu-wai and his wars	185
Tara-i-tu and his god	187
IX. Kui, Tutu-Mai-Ao, and Turehu	188
First occupants of South Island	189
Moa-bird, how exterminated	191
Moko, the robber-chieftain	193
Poua-kai, bird of prey	195
Origin of Nga-ti-mamoe	197
Migration of Nga-i-tahu	199
Communication across Cook Strait	201
Tuahau-riri and his acts	203
Te-hau-taki visits Ha-taitai	205
X. Pa O Nga-Toko-Ono (The Pa Of The Six)	206
Pa of remote ages	207
Report of Kai-apu and Makino	209
Feud between Tu-te-kawa and Nga-i-tahu	211
Canoes lost in Cook Strait	213
The war-canoe Te-maka-whiu	215
Land obtained by deceit	217
Noble deed of Rangi-tamau	219
Te-wera and his acts	221
XI. The Acts Of Te-Wera	223
Te-wera kills a woman	225
Te-wera and night attack	227
Paua-collectors killed	229
Ancient Maori amusements	231

XII. Last Migration From Ha-Taitai	232
Bones of the dead as fishing-hooks	233
Battle on the ocean	235
Pohatu explains the sign	237
Death of Kana-te-pu	239
Apoka and his wives	241
Ra-kai-tau-wheke's scheme	243
Hine-maka saved from death	245
Fame of Te-ahua-rangi	247
Murder of Manawa	249
Haki-te-kura and her lover	251
Land, how claimed and taken	253
Te-rangi-tamau and his wife	255
Tura-kau-tahi emulates the Ha-taitai people	257
Marriage of women to make peace	259
Nga-ti-mamoe woman killed and eaten	261
Kai-huanga war continued	263
XIII. Tama-I-Hara-Nui	264
Acts of Tama-i-hara-nui	265
A sacred mat the cause of war	267
Tama-i-hara-nui declares war	269
Consequences of death of Iri-toro	271
Death of Ri-papa and O-takou warriors	273
Guns first used in the south	275
Tama-i-hara-nui and his cousin	277
Rau-paraha appears in the south	279
Capture of Tama-i-hara-nui	281
Te-pehi and other chiefs killed	283
Death of Tama-i-hara-nui	285
XIV. Nga-ti-mamoe and South Island History	286
Taki-tumu and the South Island	287
Origin of tribes of the South Island	289
Tu-te-wai-mate and Moko	291
Origin of Nga-i-tahu Tribe	293
Apoka and his friends	295
Manawa and Nga-ti-mamoe	297
Kauae and Manawa	299
Lands of Nga-ti-mamoe taken	301
Nga-i-tahu attacked by Nga-ti-tu-mata-kokiri	303
Nga-ti-mamoe beaten as a tribe	305
Nga-ti-mamoe, present abode	307
Old tribes of Middle Island	309
War between the old tribes	311
Tara-whai and his enemies	313
Murder of Pakake, and revenge	315

The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions: Horo-Uta or Taki-Tumu Migration.