FOLK TALES FROM PAPAMOA We continue our series of Maori legends, told by children of various Maori schools and collected for us by the headmaster and pupils of Papamoa Maori School, Bay of Plenty. Perhaps you have heard these stories in a different form; if so, we should be glad to hear from you.

The Legend of Torere by the girls of Form II. Torere Maori School HE PAKIWAITARA O TERERE I te taenga mai o nga Maori i te tau 1350, tetahi o nga waka ko Tainui, a, ko te rangatira o runga, ko Hoturoa. Ko tana tamahine ko Torere, a ko te hiahia o Hoturoa kia moe tana tamahine i tetahi o nga rangatira, ko Manakiau te ingoa. Engari ko te hiahia o Toreere ko te kai arahi i a Tainui ko Rakataua, ko tana tau aroha. I to raua taenga ki te Hanoa ka kite a Hanakiau i a raua katahi ka whaia e ia. I te kitenga o Torere katahi a ia ka karakia i tetahi karakiamakutu. I te karakiatanga, katahi ka puta mai etahi toka hei arai i waenganui i a raua me Manakiau. In the great migration of 1350 there was a canoe named the “Tainui” which was navigated by the chief Hoturoa. He had a daughter named Torere and he had intended her to marry the young chief Manakiau. But Torere had no intention of marrying him, for when the Tainui was beached at Hawaii, she had fallen in love with Rakataua, a steersman. Coming to the point which is called the Hanoa they were sighted by chief Manakiau and he gave chase after them. Torere then said a magic chant and all at once rocks appeared which made a barricade between them and Manakiau. The chief when reaching the barricade thrust a paddle three times into it and so made a cave.