E rua ano hoki nga maunga i reira ko Puketarata me Karewa, a na runga i to raua hiahia ki a Kawa, kino ana raua ki a Kkepuku. I to raua kitenga i te hiahia o Kawa mo a Kakepuku ka mea raua ki te patu i a Kakepuku. I te kakaritanga, kaore i roa, hinga ana a Puketarata, engari a Karewa, tino kaha tana whawhai. Haruru ana te whenua wiriwiri ana te rangi i te mahi whiu kohatu wera me te wai wera a nga maunga nei ki a raua ano. (I enei wa e kitea ana nga kohatu nei i era takiwa) Te mutunga iho i riro te wikitoria i a Kakepuku oma atu ana a Karewa ki te taha uru i tena po katoa a no te whitinga ano o te ra i te ata i mutu ai te oma. I te mutunga o te oma tau ana a ia a ko te wahi i tau ai kei waho o Kawhia a ko tonga ingoa pakeha ko Gannet Island. Whiwhi ana a Kakepuku i a Kawa, a ahakoa e haere ana te rerewai a te pakeha i waenganui i a raua, kei te kotahi tonu raua. the south. He loved Kawa, but he had rivals in Puketarata and Karewa. These two resented Kakepuke's coming and they tried to get rid of him, especially when they saw that Kawa favoured him. Puketarata, small and unshapely, was soon defeated, but Karewa fought fiercely. The two rivals hurled molten rocks and streams of liquid at each other; the earth shook and the heavens trembled. Even today the countryside is covered with some of the huge boulders they threw. Finally Kakepuku won and Karewa withdrew. He uprooted himself in the night and retreated to the west, pursued by the flaming rocks hurled by his victorious rival. He ran all night, but was stopped by the first rays of the morning sun. He settled down in the Tasman Sea off Kawhia Harbour and his pakeha name is Gannet Island. So Kakepuku gained Kawa, his heart's desire, and although the pakeha's Main Trunk Railway passes between them they are united as ever.

The Legend of the Angry Mountains by Otukori Maori School TE PAKIWAITARA O NGA MAUNGA RIRI I nga tau maha kua pahure nei. i noho nga maunga i Taupo, te karu o te lka a Maui. Ko ta ratou noho he noho i runga i te hari me te koa, engari kahore hoki i roa ka uru mai te riri ki waenganui i a ratou haere atu ana nga maunga ririki, etahi ki te raki etahi ki te tonga. I haere i te po a na te whitinga o Tama i te ata i whakamutu te haere. Ko nga maunga i mahue ko Tongariro, ko Ngaruahoe, ko Ruapehu. A Pihanga, ko te wahine a Tongariro a ko a raua tamariki koa Ua, ko Whatu, ko Hukarere, ko Uira. Many years ago the mountains lived happily together at Taupo which is the eye of Maui's fish. After a time anger arose between them and some of the smaller ones travelled north and south during the night until stopped by Tama the rising sun. The only remaining mountains were Tongariro and their children were Rain, Hail, Snow and Sleet. Mount Taranaki (Egmont) tried to win Pihanga from Tongariro who became very angry and spat flame, lava and smoke. Taranaki fled to safety leaving a long channel which became the Wanganui River. When Taranaki is covered with