![Thumbnail: [Volume 53, 1921 page 434]](/journals/rsnz/images/rsnz_53/thumbnails/rsnz_53_00_0554_0434_ac_02.gif)
[Translation.]
The skin of my loved one, alas !
Scorched by the flame,
Lighted by Whanui and Raumati,
Through which the Arawa canoe was destroyed. Ah me !
Send forth a sweet-scented savour to Maka at Titi-raupenga.
This was the call of Tia to Maketu:
“Come hither from there.”
The path led through Owhakamiti to Paripari-te-tai,
To the lake discovered by Ihenga,
Through which Kahu became high chief.
My totara that brightened the heavens
Has drifted away to Aorangi. Alas! Ah me!
The descendants of Tama-te-kapua now lived on at Maketu, until the time of Rangitihi, when they reinvaded the lake district. Some fierce battles were fought with the Kawaarero, descendants of Tua-rotorua, who inhabited the island of Mokoia. Finally the Kawaarero were defeated and driven out of the district. The island was then divided up between Uenuku-kopako (see genealogy) and Taketake-hikuroa. Uenuku-kopako held the Rotoiti side of the island, where there were no hot springs. Taoi, his wife, after childbirth, desired to bathe in a hot spring known as Waitapu, but Taketake-hikuroa objected to the trespass on his part of the island. Rangi-te-aorere, a noted warrior, who had taken chief part in the subjugation of the Kawaarero, took Taoi to the bath. Taketake-hikuroa, owing to this affront, left the island, thus abandoning his share, when the island was divided up among the three wives of Uenuku-kapako—namely, Rangi-whakapiri, Hine-poto, and Taoi. Through the descendants of these wives the threefold division was maintained to modern times.
![Thumbnail: [Volume 53, 1921 page 435]](/journals/rsnz/images/rsnz_53/thumbnails/rsnz_53_00_0555_0435_ac_02.gif)
With regard to Taoi, who came from Ngati-Maru, an interesting tale is told. There is a long shoal stretching from Owhata to Kawaha. The Maori have an idea that above this shoal there is a distinct ridge in the water, which is called Te Hiwi o te Toroa (the Ridge of the Albatross). Taoi was well tattooed on the buttocks and thighs (rape and puhoro). Uenuku, paddling over the ridge with his three wives, was desirous of letting his other two wives see Taoi's tattooing. He could hardly ask Taoi to expose herself to satisfy the curiosity of the others, so he arranged a diving match to see which of them could bring up a fresh-water mussel from the sandbank below. Taoi had ornaments of albatross-feathers in her ears. She stripped, uttered an incantation, and dived. First an albatross-feather floated up from below, and then Taoi broke the surface with a handful of sand. The purpose had been accomplished—the other wives had seen Taoi's tattooing. In memory of her deep dive the ridge was named, after the albatross-feather that had floated up, Te Hiwi o te Toroa (the Ridge of the Albatross).