TE KORERO MO POTAKA-TAWHITI Ko tenei Potaka-tawhiti, he Kuri-mokai, na Tamatekapua, raua ko tana teina, ko Whakaturia, he tamariki raua na Houmaitawhiti. Ko tenei korero no te wa ano, i te iwi e noho ana mai i Hawaiki ano no mua tata atu, i te hekenga mai ki tenei whenua, ki Aotearoa. Ina te whakapapa mai i a Houmaitawhiti, ki tenei wa. Na Atuamatua ko 1. Houmaitawhiti 2. Tamatekapua 3. Kahumatamomoe 4. Tawakemoetahanga 5. Uenukumairakotonga 6. Rangitihi 7. Tuhourangi 8. Uenukukopako 9. Whakaua 10. Tutanekai 11. Te Whatumairangi 12. Taiwere 13. Pukaki 14. Te Rangitakuku 15. Te Whanoa 16. Te Koaitua 17. Te Tupara 18. Temueka 19. Paora te Kaikorero o tenei pakiwaitara. Kei te takatu te iwi mo te heke mai, kua kitea hoki, kua kore i kaha nga moutere e nohia nei e matou, ki te whangai i te iwi. Tuakau, kua noho ririri, i waenganui i nga hapu, e noho tahi ana i runga i nga moutere, mo nga wahi tupunga kai whenua, kai huarakau, a whanaunga tata tonu ki a Uenuku, me Toitehuatahi, engari he pa ke to Hou, wehe ke i to Uenuku, me Toi. I tetahi wa, ka whakaaro a Uenuku ki te haere ki te toro atu i tana tuakana i a Hou, kua roa hoki te wa, i ngaro mai ai i a Hou. Ka rongo a Toi ka hiahia hoki te haere tahi me Uenuku. Ko tenei Uenuku, he tohunga, a he rakau-poroporo tana, kei te taha tonu o tana whare, e THE LEGEND OF POTAKA-TAWHITI Potaka-tawhiti was the name of a pet dog belonging to Tamatekapua and his younger sister, Whakaturia, who were the children of Houmaitawhiti. This legend belongs to olden times, to the time when our ancestors were still living in Hawaiki and to the period immediately preceding the great migration to Aotearoa. This genealogy which follows, traces descent from Houmaitawhiti to the present time. Atuamatua begot 1. Houmaitawhiti 2. Tamatekapua 3. Kahumatamomoe 4. Tawakemoetahanga 5. Uenu Kumairakotonga 6. Rangitihi 7. Tuhourangi 8. Uenukukopako 9. Whakaua 10. Tutanekai 11. Te Whataumairangi 12. Taiwere 13. Pukaki 14. Te Rangitakuku 15. Te Whanoa 16. Te Koaitua 17. Te Tupara 18. Temueka At that time, the people were becoming anxious to leave their land for it was clear that the islands upon which they lived were unable to support them. Squables over food and fruit plantations were also growing and had come to assume the form of open warfare. Now Houmaitawhiti was closely related to Uenuku and Toitehuatahi, though he lived separately from them. One day, Uenuku decided to visit his elder. Hou, whom he had not seen for some time. When Toi heard of this he was seized with a desire to journey with him. The same Uenuku was a tohunga, and was the possessor of a Poroporo tree which grew by the side of his house. It was the only tree of its kind on the island and its fruit were coveted by all; but as these were the property of a tohunga, no one was prepared to pluck them without his permission. In due course, the men reached the home of Hou and there they were welcomed in the traditional manner. With these formalities over,