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- The people living in Auckland (Tamaki Makaurau) were called the 'Patupaiarehe' - the fairy people. They did not get along well so as a result, they lived apart, in groups. One iwi lived in the west coast, in a place called Waitakere and a second tribe located on the south coast, called the Hunua forest. With this method, they stayed out of each others way most of the time.
- On two consecutive nights, the younger members of each iwi snuck out to the other iwi. When Hui- the son of Waitakere (the great rangatira chief)- came back to their tribe empty handed, he was teased. Once again, Hui and the rest went, but Hui did not return with them. Instead, he came running back hand in hand with the daughter of Hunua; Wairere.
- The people of Hunua came over to Waitakere in search of Wairere, ready to start a war. But Waitakere saw them coming, the high priest of Waitakere reached down into the Earth and used magic, mixing it with deadly spells and casting it on the people of Hunua. One by one, the people fell to the ground dead.
- The guardian of the Earth's secrets was furious at the high priest and woke Ruamoko- the god of earthquakes and volcanoes. They opened a hole in the Earth, the high priest tumbling in and becoming melted into magic. The people of Waitakere fled, but the guardian and Ruamoko melted them before they could.
- No one was left but Wairere and Hui. The two of them were alone, "It was not a dream," Wairere said, "No" Hui replied. They since then passed into the underworld but the remains of their folly can still be seen in the volcanoes of Tamaki.
- The fertile soils left from this battle have attracted people to the region of Auckland for years. Auckland is a network of waterways guiding travellers north, south, east and west. It is for this reason that Auckland is widely known as Tamaki Makaurau - tamaki desired by many lovers.
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