 At this time, the "Tainui" canoe was also on its way to New Zealand at this time.In this telling, Uenuku lived four generations after Ruatapu, who was one of Houmaitawhiti's ancestors.In traditions most commonly associated with Ngāi Tūhoe—the children of the mist—Uenuku was once human, and one early morning when he was out hunting, in a clearing, he saw two women.