Editing Ruatapu (section)

===Settling at Aitutaki===
Next, travelling west-north-west, he arrived at a [[Aitutaki#Minor islands of Aitutaki|lagoon with a number of small islands]] and one large island, where he passed through a small reef passage named Kopuaonu and stayed on Oaka Island, at the shingle spit called ''Te Okaokaanga-i-te niu-a Ruatapu''. The next morning he found and ate a large ''[[Hermit crab|unga]]'' slightly further inland, naming the spot ''Kaiunga''. Next he planted the last of his tiaré maori root, naming it ''Ngaevaevaiteinaiteupoko-o Tapotuki Tongatapu'' after his second wife Tapotuki Tonga,<ref name="TKoro"/> or sometimes known as ''Te tiaré a Ruatapu''. He then moved onto the mainland of this lagoon, naming the place where he landed ''Maitai'', and moving slightly further inland he named ''Paengamanuiri'' after erecting an altar for the worship of [[atua|'evil' spirits]], where the appellation of ''Vai-tiaré'' made out of tiaré flowers may still be seen today,<ref name="PolySoc06-213"/> and then moving even further in he built his marae called ''Aumatangi''. This was all very near to a small settlement called Vaitupa, on the island of [[Aitutaki|Ututakienuao Ru]], today called Aitutaki. The ariki was Chief Taruia.

Finally he settled among the people of Vaitupa, taking Tutunoa as his wife, by whom he had four children. Two boys; Kirikava and Te Urutupui, a girl named Tongirau, and a boy named Touketa.<ref name="TKoro"/> Some traditions record that Te Arauenua was the secondborn son, while Tongirau may not be recorded.<ref name="PolySoc06-213"/>) When Kirikava had grown old enough, he asked his father to teach him fishing practices. So Ruatapu gathered the bark of an [[Hibiscus|au tree]] and treated it with ''kiriau'' - a process of leaving it in the sea for a few days before bringing it to land, to keep it from rotting for about a year. He called the people of Vaitupa to help make the nets, as they had never had nets on the island before. Together they completed a small net called a ''tuturua'', which Ruatapu gave to his son Te Urutupui. After completing a bigger net for Kirikava, the villagers were divided into two groups, one for each net.

Both nets caught great catches of fish each. Kirikava divided the big fish (and two turtles) amongst the men in his party, but forgetting to give some to his father, while Te Urutupui gave Ruatapu the finest fish of his catchment of small fish. By showing gratitude to his father in this action, he ensured his net would always catch many fish. The next time the nets were left and pulled out, the brothers did the same as before, Kirikava's actions only making Ruatapu angry for not following [[Tapu (Polynesian culture)|tapu]] traditions. Kirikava replied that because Ruatapu was an ariki, so too must he, and that since he was the master of his own net, he could decide what to do with it. This being the last straw, Ruatapu banished Kirikava from his house and disowned him, stating he would not be an ariki for very long. At this Kirikava left the home, and settled his own marae called Aputu and married Te Nonoioiva, with whom he had a son named Maevarangi. Te Urutupui also took Vainepuarangi as his own wife, both wives were brought to the island by one Ru. Tongirau married a man named Te Araroa, and had a child named Te Aunuio-ota, who Ruatapu would train in wrestling and spear-fighting.

Ruatapu grew older, and instructed Te Urutupui to take his wife to Manuenua where he could live as ariki. He gave them the canoe Tueumoana, and it took three days for them to arrive at the smaller island where Ruatapu had earlier planted the flowers and coconuts. They moved over to the bigger island and named it Te Auo Tepui.

Two years later, Rongovei arrived to Manuenua in his canoe, the ''Tanemaitai'', and became very good friends with Te Urutupui, who told him to go back to the island of his father and bring back a wife and rule as ariki. This he did, landing at a passage called Ruaikakau near the settlement of Reureutematao Te Erui, where he took Tiapara and Punanga-atua as his wives before visiting Ruatapu to deliver news of his son. They returned to Manuenua and lived on the smaller island.