Whakaturia

In Grey's account, Tama-te-Kapua and his brother Whakaturia are caught taking poporo fruit from Uenuku's tree. Tama escapes, but the people seize Whakaturia and decide to keep him suspended in the roof of Uenuku's house over a fire. They expect the smoke to kill him. The dancing and singing in the house continue night after night, until news of the captive reaches Tama and their father.

Tama climbs onto the roof and speaks to his brother through a small opening. He tells Whakaturia to criticize the performance, then to accept the challenge to dance. The plan depends on persuading the people to lower him and lend him the garments and weapon he requests. Whakaturia follows the advice. He performs along the length of the house, then asks for the door to be opened briefly because he is hot. Tama waits outside, ready to bolt the door and window.

When Whakaturia dances again, he springs through the opening. Tama bars the door, and the brothers secure the window before escaping. Grey's story then recounts a conflict between the people of Uenuku and the family of Houmai-tawhiti. It says that Whakaturia and Houmai-tawhiti die, while Tama and some of their kin survive; Tama works to make peace. The account gives no further circumstances of Whakaturia's death, so this telling does not supply them.