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Ko te hokinga o Tawhao raua ko Turongo ki Kawhia a i te taenga atu ka poroakitia atu tana tama a Whatihua kia houhoua te rongo ki tona taina. Kua korero ra a Tawhao ko ona whenua ki te tuawhenua mo Turongo na reira ka whakatika taua maia ratou ko etahi o tona iki ka haere ki Manga-o-rongo ka hangaia tona whare a Rangiatea a ka whanga kia tae atu tona hoa rangatira a Mahinarangi. Ka haere ra a Mahinarangi ratou ko tona iwi, kei te whakatata tana tamaiti, me nga koha, ta te rangatira tana haere. Ka haere hoki i a ia te kuri a Turongo hei hopu kai ki te huarahi a hei kaiarahi hoki mo ratou ana tae ki nga rohe kua taunga ia. I haere a Mahinarangi ma te Wairoa katahi ka piki ma nga pae maunga o Waikaremoana a ki Rotorua. I Rotorua ka haere ma Okaroire. Kua uru ratou kei nga rohe o Tainui a hei te manaki a te tangata kaingakau ana. Ka tae ki Okoroire ka whakamamae a Mahinarangi ko te nohonga iho ki reira whakawhanau ai. He puia i taua wahi. Ka whanau te tamaiti, he tane a ka huaina te puia ko Te Waitakahanga-a-Mahinarangi. Ka pai ake i tona whanautanga, ko te haerenga o Mahinarangi a ka tae ki te awa o Waikato i raro atu o Te Hautapu a ka whakawhiti ma te kuititanga o taua awa. Kua tae te directed Turongo to go inland and there set up his home. Accompanied by a number of his people, Turongo then left the ancestral home at Kawhia and went inland, and on the banks of the Manga-o-rongo, a tributary of the Waipa River, he established his new home on a hill, which he called Rangiatea. And there he awaited the coming of Mahinarangi. Meanwhile, Mahinarangi, her time then being near, set out from her home with a large retinue. She was loaded with tribal gifts, as was befitting the daughter of a high chief. She also took with her Turongo's dog, which he had left with her, as it would be helpful in catching game on the way, and would also be able to guide them when they reached territory it was familiar with. The party first went to Wairoa, and then proceeded inland over the ranges. Skirting the shores of beautiful Waikaremoana, the party continued on, and finally reached Rotorua. Everywhere Mahinarangi was made welcome, and she was an honoured guest at the several villages they called at on their way. From Rotorua the party went on to a place near Okoroire. They were now in Tainui territory, and the journey thus far—owing to the pressing invitations from the people of the villages they had passed through to tarry and partake fully of their hospitality—had taken much more

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