CHAPTER V.
THE MAORI CHIEF OF OLDEN TIME.
Θεὸς δ'ὣς τίετο δήμῳ.—Homer.
The Chiefs who came from Hawaiki to Aotea-roa in the canoe Arawa were the following:—Tia, Maka, Oro, Ngatoroirangi, Maru-punganui, Ika, Whaoa, Hei, and Tama-te-kapua. After their canoe was hauled ashore at Maketu, these chiefs set out to explore the country, in order to take possession of land each for himself and his family.
Tia and Maka went to Titiraupenga, at Taupo, and there remained.
Oro went to Taupo, and thence to Wanganui.
Ngatoroirangi went to Taupo, and died at Ruapehu.
Marupunga went to Rotorua, and died there.
Ika went to Wanganui, and died there.
Whaoa went to Paeroa.
Hei went to Whitianga (Mercury Bay). He was buried at O-a-Hei, on the extremity of the promontory.
Tama-te-kapua went to Moehau (Cape Colville).
Waitaha, son of Hei, and Tapuika, son of Tia, and Tangihia, son of Ngatoro-i-rangi, remained at Maketu. Tuhoro, and his younger brother, Kahumata-momoe, sons of Tama-te-kapua, also remained at Maketu. Their Pa was named Te Koari, and is still a sacred place. Their house was named Whitingakongako. Kahu had a cultivation named Parawai, which his mother gave him.
