They tricked the ponaturi into entering a house, and then locked them in, claiming there was still time before the dawn.
According to the Ngāi Tahu account, Karihi died when, in his attempt to climb to heaven, he was blown away by the wind of Uru-Tonga.
[1] In some versions, Tāwhaki then took the eyes of his younger brother Karihi to their blind grandmother Matakerepo Whaitiri.
[2][3] According to the Ngāi Tūhoe account of this attempted climb toward heaven Karihi survived.
It was Karihi who suggested to his brother that they hide in the thatch of the roof of the house of the ponaturi.