Ngā Rauropi Whakaoranga

Tapuwae-putuputu, Haumia-roa, Peka o Haumia, Aka o tūwhenua, Hine-kotau-ariki, Haumia-tiketike, Haumia, Pukupuku-te-rangi, Aka o te whenua, Ariki-noanoa (Turei 1912), Tāne-pukupuku-rangi

Above names are honorific terms for the edible rhizome of bracken (fernroot).

Haumia originated aruhe, and is the personification of it. Peka o Haumia is 'branch of Haumia'. (see section in Best 1942: 72-75; also Best 1902)

Tapuwae-putuputu is name of Kupe's canoe, on which he brought the fernroot. Putuputu sometimes used as a name for fernroot. Hine-kotau-ariki is the female personification of the plant, or its growth. Kotau is the name for young shoots and young rhizomes. (Best 1942:74)

Pukupuku-te-rangi sprang from Rarotimu and Rarotake and produced fernroot. In a Takitimu story, Tane-pukupuku-rangi originated fernroot. Pukupuku is one of the many secondary names of Tāne. (Best 1942: 75)

Ako o tūwhenua are the roots or fibres of the earth. (ibid p75).