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Port Molyneux : the story of Maori and pakeha in South Otago : a centennial history : commemorating the landing of George Willsher and his companions at Willsher Bay, June 28, 1840 : with a programme for the unveiling of the centennial cairn, erected by the Clutha County Council, June 28, 1940

The Site Of Tuhawaiki's House

The Site Of Tuhawaiki's House.

To continue:—

“Tuhawaiki had two sons. One son, Poko, died; the other, Kihau, married Kuru Kuru.

“Kihau was drowned sailing from Stewart Island to Ruapuke in 1852.

“The widow, Kuru Kuru, married again and became the mother of Topi Patuki, the elder.

“After the death of Tuhawaiki, the son Kihau and Topi Patuki left Ruapuke and searched the village of Murikauhaka for the ancestral greenstone ornaments. They could not find them until King's mother said, ‘Look under the doorstep,’ which they did, and found the ornaments and weapons, which they took back to the southern village, where they were carried around out of respect for the dead and mourned over.

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One of the big houses noted by Morrell in 1830 might have been the chief's house.

In later years, when Rauparaha was threatening the southern Maoris, the southerners made their strongholds at Otakou (Otago Heads) and on Ruapuke Island. On the island Tuhawaiki made his home.