The Legend of Manurewa.

Our topic for term 1 is 'To Matou Wahi'. Yesterday we revisited the story of Tamapahure and Tamapahore. The legend below is a snap shot of what we focused on.

Learning objective: To retell this story in their own words using simlies and onomatopaeia at least 10 times in their writing. This will be part of their homework which is due this Friday. Students are to use complex words and sentences which we have covered in the first week of school.


The home people of Matukureia became angry with Kohe when pregnant with Tamapahore because she would not share her preserved pigeons with everyone. Later, Huarangi took her to live at Matukutururu.
They later had another child, a girl called Hine a whea and other children.

When Huarangi passed away, Tamapahure became the chief of Matukutureia and Tamapahore became chief of Matukutururu. 

Hine a whea reached the age where she would need the tattoo instruments of Matukutureia to fulfill her tribal rites. The home people of Matukutureia refused.  Kohe felt insulted and cursed them before leaving for Piako 

One day the men of Matukurua were kite-flying and Tamapahore's ascended the highest so Tamapahure caused his cord to foul that of his brother and break it, so that the kite drifted toward Hauraki. Hence the place name, in its full form, Te Manu rewa o Tamapahore (the drifted-away kite of Tamapahore).

This was a valued kite, so off Tamapahore went with his family to where his kite had drifted. At last he was guided to Pukekotaretare, near Mercury Bay, and there was found the kite. Hence the name of that district. Whenuakite, from Te Whenua I Kitea te Manu o Tamapahore (the land where was found the kite of Tamapahore). For a time he settled here and took to wife a woman of the Ngati Hoi, but later he and his family joined his mother's people at Piaki. There, his descendents are still known as Nga Manu Aute (the kite people).