Long long ago in a beautiful papa kainga lived a muscular and
handsome chief named Te Uri o Tai. Now Te Uri o Tai's parents wanted him to
get married but Te Uri o Tai thought
there was no pretty women in his Papa kainga.
That afternoon an angelic patupaerehe visited the papa kainga.
She wished to have some ika me kotakota riwai. The kind villagers granted her
request yet after they saw that she dumped her scraps in the awa that lead to
Hinerakei's cave.
They angusly reported this crime to Te Uri o Tai who wanted to
see this patupaerehe. When he cast eyes upon the patupaerehe he fell deeply in
love with her.
Eventually Tanemahuta found out what the patupaerehe had done
he wished to banish her into a deep crack in the earth. Te uri o tai defended
her because of his love for her, but that night the patupaerehe betrayed Te uri o Tai by going home with a different man.
This infuriated Te Uri o Tai so much that he asked Tanemahuta to throw the
patupaerehe into the sky and turn her into a puaka.
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