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SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF THE RACE
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and then to Tangiia.[1] His adopted father (and uncle) was Pou-vananga-roa, whose other name was Maru, according to Rarotonga history. In Maori history, we find, from an account given by the Urewera people, that Maru-a-whatu had a son named Uenga, and his great-grandson was Tamatea-moa, who, my informant insisted, came to New Zealand in the Taki-tumu canoe. These names may be shown in a table, as below, but it is very difficult at this time to state if it is quite correct.

Date.
1200
 
 
 
26 Kau-kura
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1225
 
 
 
 
25 Pou-vananga-roa or Maru (a-whatu)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1250
 
 
 
24 Uenga or TangiiaManatuTupa
 
Aki-mano
 
Moe-tara-uri
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1275Pou-tama23 TupataNganaVaea
 
 
Iro
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1300Whiti-rangi-mamao22 Hau-te-aniwaniwaPou-ariki
 
 
 
 
 
Tai-te-ariki
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1325Kupe21 Tamatea-moa
 
 
 
(Descendants
in New Zealand
and Ra'iatea).
(Descendants in
New Zealand).
(Descendants in
Rarotonga and
probably in Samoa).
 
 
 
 
 
(Descendants in
New Zealand and
Rarotonga).

Tangiia is shown above as a son of Pou-vananga-roa; in reality he was the son of the latter's brother Kau-ngaki, and therefore Pou-vananga-roa's nephew. The connection of the lines depends on the fact of there being a Maru, who had a son Uenga, by both Maori and Rarotonga history. The date of Tamatea-moa is one generation, or twenty-five years, before the mean period of the heke to New Zealand,

  1. Colonel Gudgeon C. M. G., Govt, Resident at Rarotonga, informs me that he was also known to the Mangaia people as Toi. If so, it is just possible, but not probable, that this may be Toi-te-hua-tahi known to Maori history, as living in Hawaiki.