and then to Tangiia.[1] His adopted father (and uncle) was Pou-vananga-roa, whose other name was Maru, according to Rarotonga history. In Maori history, we find, from an account given by the Urewera people, that Maru-a-whatu had a son named Uenga, and his great-grandson was Tamatea-moa, who, my informant insisted, came to New Zealand in the Taki-tumu canoe. These names may be shown in a table, as below, but it is very difficult at this time to state if it is quite correct.
| Date. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1200 | 26 Kau-kura | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1225 | 25 Pou-vananga-roa or Maru (a-whatu) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1250 | 24 Uenga or Tangiia | Manatu | Tupa | Aki-mano | Moe-tara-uri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1275 | Pou-tama | 23 Tupata | Ngana | Vaea | Iro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1300 | Whiti-rangi-mamao | 22 Hau-te-aniwaniwa | Pou-ariki | Tai-te-ariki | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1325 | Kupe | 21 Tamatea-moa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Descendants in New Zealand and Ra'iatea). | (Descendants in New Zealand). | (Descendants in Rarotonga and probably in Samoa). | (Descendants in New Zealand and Rarotonga). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tangiia is shown above as a son of Pou-vananga-roa; in reality he was the son of the latter's brother Kau-ngaki, and therefore Pou-vananga-roa's nephew. The connection of the lines depends on the fact of there being a Maru, who had a son Uenga, by both Maori and Rarotonga history. The date of Tamatea-moa is one generation, or twenty-five years, before the mean period of the heke to New Zealand,
- ↑ Colonel Gudgeon C. M. G., Govt, Resident at Rarotonga, informs me that he was also known to the Mangaia people as Toi. If so, it is just possible, but not probable, that this may be Toi-te-hua-tahi known to Maori history, as living in Hawaiki.
