Hauraki Iwi History

Te Waka Maori o Niu Tirani, Volume 8, No. 23, 1872, pp.155, 156

This is a version of the story of Marutūahu's journey to Hauraki in search of his father Hotunui. This version is sourced in a manuscript written by Tukumana Te Taniwha of Ngāti Whanaunga. It was edited and translated by George Graham of Auckland Museum and published in the  Journal of the Polynesian Society , Volume 50, No. 199, pp. 120-133. KA HEKE MAI A MARUTUAHU KI HAURAKI NEI. 1. Ka mahue atu a Kawhia i a Marutuahu. Ka haere mai ki Hauraki ki te kimi i tona matua. He hoa tona i to raua haerenga mai. 2. Ka haere mai i runga i nga maunga. I te haerenga mai, ta raua mahi he wero haere i te manu hei kai ma raua, huahua ake. 3. Ka tae mai ki Waikato, ara ki Tuakau, ka whiti i te awa o Waikato. Haeremai i runga i te maunga o Tirikohua, wero haere mai i te manu, kuku, tui, kaka. 4. A tae mai ki Otau, ka whiti mai i te awa o Te Wairoa, ka piki mai i te maunga i Kohukohunui ka eke mai i te tau, ka titiro ki Tikapa, ki te moana o Hauraki. Heke tonu i runga i te tau, ka