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88 Grew up the land of Niau With its chief Ru-huki-kangakanga, And another Riri-tua, A stirrer up of war.

Grew up the land of Toau With its chief Rahua-tuku-tahi, And another Te Mate-ki-Havaiki, A stirrer up of strife.

Grew up the land Fakarava With its chief Makino, And another Maoake-taharoa, From whom came forth a line of chiefs.

Grew up the land Faite Whose chief was Rahui, And another named Hekava, From whom came forth a line of chiefs

Grew up the land Faite With its chief Tuamea, And another Mahanga-tuaiva, From whom came a line of chiefs.

In this long chant, all the islands mentioned subsequently to Tahiti, are in the Pau-motu group, with which ancestors of the Maori, in the long ago, have very evidently had much to do; even the names of the chiefs here given, are all pure Maori, as is the wording of the chants. In the name of the chief who ruled this branch of the race in Hiti-nui (Great Fiji)—Tangaroa-manahune, we may probably recognise the chief of the same name, who is shown on the Tahitian genealogies as living 40 generations ago, or about the year 950, which is the period of the