Editing Ruatapu (section)

===Ruatapu's travels===
Ruatapu and his father Chief Uanuku Rakeiora lived at [[Taputapuatea]] on [[Raiatea|Ra'iātea]] some 30 or so generations ago, and were descendants of Iro-nui-ma Oata.<ref name="PolySoc06-213"/> A fond canoeist, Ruatapu had dreamed since boyhood of travelling to his own island to become [[ariki]] like his father. For this he crafted the canoe ''Te Kareroaitai'' out of a [[Calophyllum inophyllum|tamanu tree]] before setting out to the ocean upon reaching adulthood. Eight or nine days later, he arrived at [[Rarotonga#Demographics and settlements|Avarua]] Harbour at [[Rarotonga]] and met local Chief Potikitaua of Avananui village who told him the island's ariki was Chief Tangiia. He decided to settle here, and found a wife out of Uanukukaiatia,<ref name="TKoro"/> or Uanukutapu, with whom he had a son with named Tamaiva.<ref name="PolySoc06-213"/>

Four years later, Ruatapu left Rarotonga alone in search of a new island, leaving Tamaiva to grow up and become the island's ariki.<ref name="PolySoc06-213"/> After many days and nights at sea, Ruatapu arrived at [[Tongatapu]] where the first person he met was Tapotuki Tonga, who informed him that the island's ariki was Chief Kaukura. Ruatapu stayed with Tapotuki Tonga, growing fond of her, and ended up having another son with her named Moenau.<ref name="TKoro"/>

While the child was still young, Ruatapu decided to leave again, but first instructing Tapotuki Tonga's father Rangiura to take Moenau back to Rarotonga to be with Uanukukaiatia and Tamaiva, to share chiefly authority.<ref name="PolySoc06-213"/> Rangiura being another noted canoe voyager, constructed a new canoe for this voyage and named it ''Pouara''. On this trip, the canoe capsized on a reef. The spot where this happened was called ''Vaenga'', the place where they landed is today called ''Pouara'' after the canoe. A man named Anga brought them to Uanukukaiatia and Tamaiva. Upon the two families meeting, Uanukukaiatia and Tamaiva were jealous of Moenau and did not wish to take him in. They instructed that he should be taken to the [[Nga-Pu-Toru|Ngaputoru islands]] ([[Atiu]], [[Mauke|Ma'uke]], and [[Mitiaro]]) where he could become ariki. After five days of rest and repairing the canoe ''Pouara'', Rangiura and Moenau set out to Ngaputoru. On this voyage they struck bad weather and Rangiura was killed on the reef of Ma'uke. Moenau survived and was taken in by the local people.<ref name="TKoro"/>

Once he had grown into a strong young man, Moenau married a native Ma'uke woman named Te Kaumarokura,<ref name="TKoro"/> or Te Raumarokura, with whom he had a son named Te Aukura (sometimes ''-arikiki Mauketau'' is added, meaning 'Ariki of Mauketau').<ref name="PolySoc06-213"/> Due to Moenau's greed in taking all the fishermans' catchments for himself, the people of Ma‘uke devised a plan to kill him. Two warriors named Taratekui and Taratekurapo were chosen to kill Moenau using a fine cord made out of coconut-fibre (''kaa natipui''). After luring him out of his house, they caught him by the testicles with the cord and overpowered him, killing him with spears before throwing the body into a cave in the [[Makatea (district)|Makatea]]. While the people of Ma'uke were joyed that he was gone, Te Kaumarokura grieved over her loss, and feared she would be killed along with their now four-year-old son Te Aukura. Instead, Taratekui and Taratekurapo pitied them, and would bring fish to them every week.<ref name="TKoro"/>