Āperahama Taonui prophesised: "He taniwha kei te hāere mai. Ko ōna niho he hiriwā me te kōura. Ko tōna kai? He whenua. Kaua e mataku ki ōna niho hiriwā me te kōura, engari kaua e tukua te hiriwā me te kōura hei atuatanga mōu."