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Niuē-fekai (or Savage) Island and its People
The Family of Huanaki
The Family of Huanaki
41. Then the families divided; the family of Huanaki to dwell in their home at the pool. This is a rock at the bottom of the sea named Fonua-galo; no one has seen it. Some of them went up to the first heaven—which is a dry land, and is said to be the country of the day-light, that is where they dwelt.
42. The second heaven, is that above wherein stands the sun and the moon and the stars; but that heaven is low; it is called Motu-o-Hina, and her family are:—
page 105Ko e niu ia kua mua e lahi he fuga kelekele ke hoko mai he aho nai. Ko e niu ia ne inu mau ai e tau tagata he tau aho oti ni.
37. Ko e faoa tokoua nai ne fakahigoa e motu ko Niuē-fekai—ko e lagatolu ia e ui higoa e motu hanai: Ko Huanaki ne ui e tau higoa e fa; ko Nuku-tu-taha, ko Motu-te-fua, ko Fakahoa-motu, ko Nuku-tuluea. Ko Levei-matagi mo Levei-Fualolo ne ui e higoa nai, ko Niuē-fekai. Ko Kapene Kuka ne ui e higoa ko Saviti Ailani.
38. Ne hake a Kapene Kuka i Alofi, ke he ava i Opāhi, ko e maga he mata nai, ko Halagigie. Ti o e tau patu Niuē, mo e vali aki e tau toto-kula he futi ne higoa ko e hulahula e tau gutu mo e tau nifo mo e tau kauvehe; ti fakamamaga atu e tau matalima, mo e tau nifo ne fakaiite, ke fakamatakutaku atu ki a Kapene Kuka, ke hola hifo, neke hau ke he motu ha lautolu. Kua kula e tau nifo ha lautolu ke kai tagata—ko e fakatai; ati fakahigoa ai e ia pihia. Kua lata ke toka e tau higoa tolu a Huanaki mo e higoa ne fakahigoa a Kapene Kuka, ka e fakamau ia Levei-Matagi mo Levei-Fualolo, ko “Niue-fekai” haia.