Te-marama (daughter of Tu-poho)

Role: the daughter of Tu-poho, also called Tuwhare's daughter · First appears: Chapter XV · Tihi-o-te-Rangi · Part 1

In Chapter XV · Tihi-o-te-Rangi · Part 1, Matike, the sister of Tihi-o-te-Rangi, was given to Te-marama as her slave; the text names her father both as Tu-poho and Tuwhare. In Part 2, Te-marama left the shore with her slave and began a long wandering across the land. At Kau-ara-paua, she asked where she could find Tihi-o-te-Rangi, and later, while resting in Rongo-mai’s whare, told him she was Tu-poho’s daughter. Rongo-mai killed her with a blow from his weapon.

Relationship record

Life events

• Matike was given to Te-marama as her slave.(Chapter XV · Tihi-o-te-Rangi · Part 1)
  • With: Matike Tuwhare
  • “Matike, the sister of Tihi-o-te-Rangi, was given to Te-marama, Tuwhare’s daughter, as her slave”
• Te-marama left the shore and began a long wandering across the land.(Chapter XV · Tihi-o-te-Rangi · Part 2 · 📍 Nga-puhi)
  • With: Tihi-o-te-Rangi
  • “One morning, while the sun was rising out of the sea, she could bear it no longer: she called her slave to put some food into a basket, and bade her follow her. Ah, my friend, that was the beginning of Te-marama’s great wandering over the pathless land, through the dark forests, and along the endless shores.”
• Te-marama reached Kau-ara-paua and asked where she could find Tihi-o-te-Rangi.(Chapter XV · Tihi-o-te-Rangi · Part 2 · 📍 Kau-ara-paua)
  • With: Tihi-o-te-Rangi
  • “At last she came to the pa Kau-ara-paua, and there she asked for Tihi-o-te-Rangi.”
• Te-marama told Rongo-mai that she was Tu-poho’s daughter.(Chapter XV · Tihi-o-te-Rangi · Part 2 · 📍 the whare of Rongo-mai)
  • With: Rongo-mai
  • “Many questions she asked as to where she might find Tihi-o-te-Rangi, and one evening, while resting in the whare of Rongo-mai, she related the story of her long wandering, and told that she was Te-marama, the daughter of Tu-poho”
• Rongo-mai killed Te-marama with a blow from his weapon.(Chapter XV · Tihi-o-te-Rangi · Part 2 · 📍 the whare of Rongo-mai)
  • With: Rongo-mai
  • “His rage was terrible, and, suddenly jumping forward, he killed Te-marama with one powerful blow of his weapon!”

Chapter XV · Tihi-o-te-Rangi · Part 1

• parent: Tu-poho “One evening he met Te-marama, the daughter of Tu-poho, and she looked at him disdainfully and spoke:”
• parent: Tuwhare “Matike, the sister of Tihi-o-te-Rangi, was given to Te-marama, Tuwhare’s daughter, as her slave”
• servant: Matike “Matike, the sister of Tihi-o-te-Rangi, was given to Te-marama, Tuwhare’s daughter, as her slave”

Chapter XV · Tihi-o-te-Rangi · Part 2

• parent: Tu-poho “she related the story of her long wandering, and told that she was Te-marama, the daughter of Tu-poho--ah, my friend!”
• servant: the slave (Chapter XV) “she called her slave to put some food into a basket, and bade her follow her.”
• enemies with Rongo-mai “His rage was terrible, and, suddenly jumping forward, he killed Te-marama with one powerful blow of his weapon!”

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Extracted from the original text of Te Tohunga. Made with Rho MD.