The Genealogy of the Kings of Rarotonga and Mangaia as illustrating the colonisation of that island and the Hervey Group
[Kings of Rarotonga, as given by the 'wise men' of Makea and Tinomana in 1869.]
1. | Makea Karika, father of | Makea-the-terrible. His wife was Inanui-i-te-rangi = Ina-the-Great-and-Heavenly. |
2. | Makea Putakitetai | Makea-lord-leading-captivcs. |
3. | Makea i te au | Makea-the-peaceful. |
4. | Makea noo inarie | Makea-the quiet. |
5. | Makea puretu (= purotu) | Makea-the-handsome. |
6. | Makea peau rango | Makea-of-fly-like-wings, i.e., swift to execute his purpose. |
7. | Makea teko nako | Makea-the-ubiquitous (literally, "hither, thither. |
8. | Makea te taiti | Makea-the-fisherman. |
9. | Makea te rĀ tu | Makea-(like)-the-upright-mast (ra* = tira. |
10. | Makea Rongo-oe | Makea - Rongo - of - the - paddle. But usually known as Te ariki ape tini = The-king-with-many-faults. Until his reign there was at Rarotonga but one king, whose united and powerful tribe was named "Takitumu," or "All-destroying." A warrior, maternal uncle to Rongo-oe, named Takaia, split the tribe into two hostile camps. Rongo-oe remained king over the smaller or doomed portion, which took the name of "Puaikura" at Arorangi. Makea's portion was named "Te au o Tonga" = "The-Tongan-kingdom," and remained at Avarua, retaining the family marae "Araitetonga" = "The-Tongan-Mediator" (or "Warder-off-of-Tongans"). |
11. | Makea teina | Makea-the-younger-brother. |
12. | Makea tumu pu | Makea-of-the-(royal)-conch-shell. |
13. | Makea tinorei | Makea-of-the-handsome-person. |
14. | Makea tari ua | Makea-the-dilatory. |
15. | Makea potiki | Makes-the-youngest (a term of endearment). |
16. | Makea mangungu | Makea-the-thunderer. |
17. | Makea taik | Makea-of-the-spear.page 632 |
18. | Makea tukerae | Makea-the-beloved (literally" of-the-eye-brows"). |
19. | Makea te rangi tu ki vao | Makea - the - solid - sky - standing - up - Outside. |
20. | Rangi Makea | Heavenly Makea Drowned in Lake Tiriara, on the south of Mangaia. |
21. | Makea te patua kino | Makea-badly-beaten. In his reign another split took place, and thenceforth two Makeas reigned jointly at "Araitetonga," the royal "koutu" = "inarae," or idol-grove, of the Makea family. |
22. | Makea pini and | Makea-the-sorrowful and |
22. | Makea keu | Makea-of-the-flaxen-hair. |
23. | Makea Tinirau and | Makea-lord-of-all-fish and |
23. | Makea Tekao | Makea-the-bud (=hope or glory of the family) |
24. | Makea Pori and | Makea-the-fat and |
24. | Makea Karika II. | Makea-the-terrible, second of that name. These were the reigning chiefs at Avarua in 1823, when the Rev. John Williams conveyed the Gospel to Rarotonga. Since then have reigned— |
25. | Makea Davida and | Makea-David. |
25. | Makea Pa | Makea-the-defender. |
26. | Makea Te vairua and | Makea-the-spirit and |
26. | Makea Tuaivi | Makea-the-hill. |
27. | Makea Daniela and | Makea-Daniel and |
27. | Makea Tavake | Makea-the-tropic-bird. |
28. | Makea Abela and the above- | Makea-Abel and the above-named |
28. | named Makea Tavake | Makea-Tavake. |
29. | Makea Takau and the above- | Makea-Twenty and the above-named |
29. | named Makea Tavake. | Makea Tavake. Both now living. |
* To be distinguished from rā = sun. It is merely an abbreviation of "tira "=" mast." Because the first syllable is dropped, the remaining one (ra) is lengthened (rā). In New Zealand, "mast" is "tiratu "=" the mast that stands up" (masts were set up or lowered at pleasure).