Ngā Rauropi Whakaoranga

p.85 Rongomai-wahine, wife of Kahu-hunu, prepares his hair in a topknot. Local flax used broke. He therefore used flax from his tātua-pūpara (war girdle) to bind it. This flax grown at Kawhainui (where his father Tamatea buried) at Kaituna, near Maketu, Bay of Plenty. Soaked till soft then bound - and it held. Kahi-hunu said "Here is the pūtiki-wharanui of Tamatea."

In footnote, pūtiki-wharanui described as the hair cinture of wharanui (a particular type of flax)