Editing Whaitiri (section)

==Found by her grandsons==
This is fulfilled when Tāwhaki and Karihi, Hemā's sons, set off to climb up to the [[sky]]. At the foot of the ascent they find their grandmother, Whaitiri, now blind, who sits continually counting the tubers of [[sweet potato]] or [[taro]] that are her only food. The brothers tease her by snatching them away, one by one, and upsetting her count. Eventually, they reveal themselves to her and restore her sight. In return, she gives them advice about how best to make the climb into the sky. Karihi tries first, but makes the error of climbing up the ''aka taepa'', or hanging vine. He is blown violently around by the winds of heaven, and falls to his death. Tāwhaki climbs by the ''aka matua'', or parent [[vine]], recites the right incantations, and reaches the highest of the 10 heavens. There he learns many spells from Tama-i-waho, and marries a woman named Hāpai, or as others say, Maikuku-makaka. They have a son, and according to some versions of the story it is this child who is named [[Wahieroa]] (Biggs 1966:450).