MAORI 03232022 Day 133

lehenga set out with four companions. He went in a different direction to that of his former Journey. He now went by way of Mataparu, Te Hiapo, Te Whare-pakau-awe. When on the summit of the road she look back toward Maketu, and greeted his home there. Then turning around he saw the steam of the hot springs at Ruahine. Believing it to be smoke from a fire he said to his companions “ha, that land has been taken possession of by someone. Let us go on. “They entered the forest and having passed through it came to a waterfall afterwards they came to a lake in which was a large island proceeding along the shore of the lake and linga gave names to various places on arriving at a point of land jutting out into the lake which he named Tuara-hiwi-roa. They halted. For they saw a flock of shags perched on the stumps of some trees in a lake. They made snares and fastened them to a pole to catch the shags and place the pole of the stumps of the trees. 

Maori land naming