Rongomaiwahine

He married several women of the region, including Hine-puariari, who said kāore hoki tērā te hanga o tāku tane, kāore e rūpeke mai ana, takoto noa mai te nuinga i waho ("the remarkable thing is that my husband's thing wouldn't fit!

When she heard this, Rongomaiwahine declared Nā te mea anō rā he kōpua pāpaku, mehemea e taka mai ana ki te kōpua hōhonu a Rapa e tuhera atu nei, pokopoko ana ia ki roto ("that's because it is a shallow pool; if it had fallen into the deep pool of Rapa [i.e. her father] now opening towards him, it would have been lost out of sight").

[4] On arrival, Kahungunu demonstrated his prowess by leading an expedition to gather aruhe (fern root) in the hills.

He dove down underwater with a kāwhiu basket on the end of a rope, filling it repeatedly, while the other members of the expedition hauled it up, emptied it, and threw it back to him.

[6] The next day, Kahungunu found Tama-taku-tai at the beach, practicing whakaheke ngaru (riding the breaking waves in his canoe, somewhat like surfing).

J. H. Mitchell records two of the songs sung on these occasions, which include the line, "I have four permanent sources of mana in the world: Jehovah, Christ, the Holy Ghost, and Rongomaiwahine.

[14] J. H. Mitchell and Thomas Lambert, Old Wairoa recount the story of Rongomai-wahine, largely based on an account recorded by Percy Smith, who heard it from Pango of Te Arawa.