Whakatau-potiki

Grey's account begins with Tuwhakararo visiting his sister, who lives among the people of her husband's tribe. When a young man loses a wrestling match to him, the humiliation turns into an attack: Tuwhakararo is struck and killed, and the tribe takes his body. His sister hears the bones above her in the house and laments that no one remains to avenge him. News reaches his brother Whakatau-potiki, who decides to act. Their people build canoes and prepare provisions for the journey.

Whakatau's force travels by sea. He waits for darkness before approaching the settlement, and his selected warriors secretly disable the other canoes so that the main party cannot follow at once. When they reach the house, they surround its entrances. Whakatau questions a man outside about his sister and asks where Poporokewa sleeps. His sister comes out to meet him and warns that he may be recognized. She helps disguise his appearance, and he enters the house with her.

Inside, the people laugh at his changed appearance. As Poporokewa joins them, Whakatau recognizes the distinguishing broken tooth he had been told about. He slips a rope around the chief's neck and escapes with his sister. The warriors then set fire to the house and kill the people trying to get out. Grey's account says the house and those unable to escape were destroyed. Whakatau's party returns to Apakura, Tuwhakararo's mother, with the news.