Tū-te-tawhā (son of Taringa)

[6][4] He set out with his younger brother Te Rapuhoro, travelling along the shore of Lake Taupō via Pukawa, Whare-roa, Karangahape, Hauhunga-roa.

[8][9] Shortly before moving there, Tū-te-tawhā had married Hinemihi, a woman of Ngāti Awa from Whakatane in the Bay of Plenty.

He arrived when Tū-te-tawhā was away, gathering maire berries and catching kererū at Huahunga-roa, so Hinemihi, her sister Te Ahi-pare, and a few slaves had to welcome Tū-hereua and prepare a feast of fernroot and huahua on their own.

Therefore, Tū-te-tawhā took them to Kuratau, considered a strategic location because it had a bay big enough for several canoes, unaware that it had been occupied by Ngāti Whitikaupeka.

[12][13] After this, there was peace, for a while, with Ngāti Whitikaupeka, and Tū-hereua returned to Whakatane, taking his sisters, Hinemihi, Hine-aro, and Te Aki-pare with him.

[3][15] When they had done this, Hinemihi and Te Rapuhoro's wife said "your kokowai has an evil smell; it is an omen of misfortune," but they replied "No; it is a sign of good luck."

[3][16] After this, Ngāti Apa decided to flee, since their position was untenable, and Waikari recovered the heads of Tū-te-tawhā and Te Rapuhora.

He conducted a special ritual to end the tapu created by their deaths, by erecting a shrine at the edge of the water called Waitapu a Waikari and lighting a fire in it.