Whakaturia

A chief of Hawaiki; a son of Haumai-tāwhiti. On account of an insult given to his father, he, with his brother Tama-te-kapua, went night after night to steal the fruit from the poporo trees of Ue-nuku. Whakaturia was caught, and was sentenced to die by being hung up in the smoke inside the roof of Ue-nuku's house. From this he was rescued by his cleverness, and by a stratagem of his brothers. War was declared, and the result was that many chiefs with their followers determined to leave Hawaiki. Hence the great migration to New Zealand.

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