Toi-te-huatahi

[2][1] Toi's people are said to have inhabited the Bay of Plenty region before the arrival of the Arawa, Tainui and Mātaatua migratory waka.

The ancestor Tamatekapua and his brother Whakatūria, sons of Houmai, search for the dog, and hear it barking inside Toi's belly.

In revenge, they created stilts for Tama (the taller of the brothers) and stole the fruit from Uenuku's poroporo tree.

[5][6] Ngāti Awa and Ngāi Tūhoe traditions state that Toi lived at a pā named Kaputerangi near modern-day Whakatāne.

[2] Toi-te-huatahi is said to have visited the Mahurangi Peninsula,[citation needed] and planted a karaka grove at Ōtara, Tāmaki Makaurau.