Origin of Karakia (Invocations).

Invocations were first used in primal chaos, long ages before man was. In the time of Te Pu and Te More their invocation to their gods (Te Ao-matinitini and Te Wherikoriko) was this:—

Te Wherikoriko, naumai koe, haere i mua ra
Te Rangi-matinitini, naumai, haere koe i mua ra
Ki o taua uri.
Haere i tua, haere i waho
Torohei.

Tangaroa-akiukiu had two daughters, Hine-raumati (raumati = summer) and Hine-takurua (takurua = winter). They are the personifications of the two seasons. They both became wives of the sun. Hine-takurua attends to the work of sea-fishing, while Hine-raumati attends to the cultivation