Tokorima ngā tāngata o Ngāti Whātua i runga i taua poti i te tahuritanga. E kīia ana ka tata te tahuri, ka tāmomi te kei o te poti, ka tū tētahi o ngā tāngata ki runga, ka karakia i tana mata karakia ka puta te taru nei, te taniwha, tinitini ana tērā te taniwha, ka kawea e rātou te poti ki uta, ka ora ngā tāngata (TWMNT 19/12/1876:292). / There were five people of Ngāti Whātua on that boat when it was capsizing. It is said that when it was about to capsize and the stern of the boat was engulfed, one of the men stood up and when he recited a ritual chant this thing, the taniwha, appeared and a multitude of taniwha conveyed the boat to shore and the people were saved.

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