 Rātā, the son of Wahieroa and Hinepiripiri, set out to avenge his father's death.How he killed Matoka-rau-tāwhiri is dependant on where the tale is told, but, he won in the end, and used the ogre's bones to make spears.He soon found out though, that Wahieroa's bones were lying with Tāwhaki's old enemies, the .