Aitutaki—the place from which the Arawa canoe is said to have left for New Zealand. There is some evidence that the Aitutaki people are especially closely related to the Maoris. For instance, the greeting ‘Tena koutou’ is used in Aitutaki as in New Zealand, but in no other portion of the Cook Islands. Their language in other respects, for instance the dropping of h-s, is reminiscent of the language of the Aotea canoe people. te Heke nui ki Rarotonga a no reira ano etahi o aua waka a i rere mai i nga waahi e mau ake nei nga ahua. Kei te wharangi 207 o te Pukapuka a S. Perry Smith ko Hawaiki ko nga korero a tetahi kaumatua a Tamarua mo nga Hekenga mai, e ki ana a ia ‘Inamata ka rere atu i konei a Te Arawa, a Kura-aupo, a Matatua, a Tokomaru, a Tainui me Takitumu. Kotahi ano te rerenga atu o enei waka. He korero motuhake to Takitimu. Ko ianei te waka tuatahi mai ki Rarotonga o te heke i a Tangiia a ko te tuatahi ano te rere ki Aotearoa. Ko te korero, i hoki mai ano taua waka ki Rarotonga, a e mau nei te ingoa Takitimu i tetahi o nga hapu o Rarotonga. Kihai a Tamarua i whai kupu mo Horouta ka mutu ano tana korero ko Oturoa te rangatira o runga i a Tainui. Ki ta Tamarua kiki tonu a Rarotonga i te tangata i te taenga atu o aua waka no reira ka reia mai ko enei moutere. Ko tetahi putake mo te rerenga mai ki Aotearoa ko Toka-motu i tanumia, ki ta Rarotonga korero, e Ngahue ki konei i tona hekenga mai i Hawaiki. It may therefore well be true that, as the Cook Islanders say, the great heke visited Rarotonga before coming to New Zealand, or even that some of the famous canoes were actually built on Rarotonga, before they left the bays shown in these photographs. Mr. S. Percy Smith (Hawaiki, edn. 1904, p. 207 ff), describes a conversation he had with an old Rarotongan chief called Tamarua, during which he was told that several migrations were known in that district. ‘Once,’ said Tamarua, ‘there sailed from here a fleet of several canoes, the names of which were (in Rarotongan Maori) Te Arawa, Kura-aupo, Mata-atua, Toko-maru, Tainui and Taki-tumu. They all went away together as one fleet.’ Takitimu had a special place in this tradition. It was said to be the first canoe to arrive in Rarotonga with Tangiia's migration, and also the first to leave for New Zealand. Unlike the other canoes, it is said to have returned to Rarotonga after visiting New Zealand. Thus the Takitumu tribe of Rarotonga was founded. Ngatanua Harbour Entrance, Rarotonga, through which the fleet of seven canoes is said to have sailed for New Zealand. Another tradition says that the fleet left from Aorangi on the other side of the island.