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Te Aitanga a Tumoana

TuKanikani marena tetahi tangata.
Na Tamaiti o te Papa:
+ 11 M i. Hapute [888].
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9. Patito [556] (Houpure , Tamamoko , Tamahotu , TUMOANA ).
Rapunga Kupu Akoako: (korero taken from "the tribes of Muriwhenua"et al)
Patito; the man who returned from the dead; the warrior Chief Patito
returned from the Reinga for the purpose of testing the power of his son Toakai
who was famed for his bravery, his renown even spread to the Reinga, where
the news of his deeds in battle were borne by the wairua of the slain. Patito in
his day was a great spearsman, and he resolved to revisit the Ao Marama and
put the warlike powers of his son to the test. His wairua assumed its olden
earthly form and he appeared from out of the mists of the northland and
confronted his son. The grim apparition challenged this young man to combat
with his favourite weapon, the koikoi; it was a spear about the lenght of a man, Patitos return from the
Reinga - Artist Image
pointed at both ends. In the contest the father proved the better man; the son
could not parry his thrusts. Having proved that he was still invincible with his
old time weapon, Patito vanished from his sons sight and returned to the Reinga. Had Toakai
prevailed over his father, it is thought it would have been a victory over death.
Patito marena tetahi tangata.

Na Tamaiti o te Papa:
+ 12 M i. Toakai [555].

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10. Ihutara [923] (Houmeaiti , Tamamoko , Tamahotu , TUMOANA ).
Rapunga Kupu Akoako: Ihutara; killed during the conflict between Ngati Kaha and Ngati Awa.
Ihutara marena Rakeiti [924] [MRIN: 373].
Na Tamaiti o te Marena:
+ 13 M i. Taihaupapa [925].

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11. Hapute [888] (TuKanikani , Mamangi , Kahutianui , TUMOANA ).
Hapute marena tetahi tangata.
Na Tamaiti o te Papa:
+ 14 M i. Haiti Taimarangai [889].
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12. Toakai [555] (Patito , Houpure , Tamamoko , Tamahotu , TUMOANA ). The cause of his
death was Killed in Action against Ngati Miru.
Rapunga Kupu Akoako: (korero taken from "the tribes of Muriwhenua"et al) According to
Leopold Busby, the person responsible for the naming of Kaitaia was Toakai who had two wives,
Tarawhiti and Tutatia who were completely different in every way. It was the custom of the
womenfolk to till the land and grow vegetables, chiefly kumaras, while the men hunted the kukupa,
went fishing or fought against hostile tribes. So Toakai built each of his wives a strong hapoki,
which is a covered pit for storing kumaras and other such vegetables. Tarawhiti was lazy and her
hapoki never contained much food. But Tutatia was energetic and worked hard all day long in her
garden so that there was always an abundance of food in her hapoki. In fact it could not hold all the
crops she grew, and often food had to be thrown away. Toakai was very pleased with his hard
working wife Tutatia and called the spot where her hapoki was built Kaitaia which means throwing
the food away in plenty. Tarawhitis hapoki was situated on the hill near the junction of Larmers
road with the main highway. Tutatias hapoki was on a hill about one and half miles further south,
also on the present main highway. From then on the valley running from where Tutatia had her
plantation, south east to what is now known as Victoria Valley was named Kaitaia which
eventually became the overall name of the district. Another version of the naming of Kaitaia