Ka hangaia e rātau he tuamaka, he pāraharaha, ka kōwirihia e rātau ngā taura kia noho porowhita ai ngā taura. Ka pau ngā rā e rima ka reri ngā taura, ka rere ngā karakia a Māui ki runga i ngā taura nei. "Taura nui, taura roa, taura kaha, taura toa, taura here i a Tamanuiterā, whakamaua kia mau kia ita!"

I waenganui pō ka kawea e Māui me ōna tuākana ngā taura rā ki te rāwhiti ki te wāhi e ara mai ai te rā. Ko ngā rākau me ngā whakatipu ā rātau wāhi huna, kia kore ai rātau e kitea mai e te rā, nā, i runga i te kī a Māui ka whakakīkīhia e rātau ā rātau tahā ki te wai, mō te mahi nei. I te pō tuangahuru mā rua, ka tae ake a Māui me ōna tuākana ki tētahi rua whānui rawa ake, ā, he whero kē, he wera hoki, me tōna hōhonu anō. Ā, i roto hoki a Tamanuiterā e moe ana. Ka noho wahangū ngā tuākana, me tō rātau mataku hoki ki te oho mai te tipuna rā.