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Sometime later Hinemoa could hear footsteps coming and she saw what appeared to be the shadow of a man filling a cala bash with
 water from a cold spring next to the hot pool. At that moment Hinemoa imitated the sound of a mans voice and called out loudly

“Who is that for!”

“I am the servant of Tutanekai, this water is for my master”, came the reply.

Hinemoa’s heart was glad knowing that she was so close to Tutanekai’s home. She then seized the calabash fromthe servant and broke it on the rocks.

The servant then raced back to his master Tutanekai and reported to him the strange incident that occurred at the hot pool, but Tutanekai was too tired and  heart broken to do anything. The servant once again returned to fill the calabash with
 water and again Hinemoa seized the  water calabash and broke it on the rocks.
This would happen time and time again until Tutanekai finally decided to do something about the matter himself.

Taking hold of his club he quickly hurried down to the pool to kill this stranger that had insulted him. Calling out for the intruder to identify himself,Tutanekai quickly made his way around the hot pool reaching around the edges, until finally he grabbed the arm of the adversary pulling him out of the water into the moonlight.

“Tutanekai” she whispered,  “It is I Hinemoa”

Tutanekai surprised as he was, stood and stared at her in the moonlight, they then embraced each other as the two young lovers made
 their way back to Tutanekai’s house. No longer would they be separated from each other again.

The next morning as the two lovers slept in late, Tutanekai’s father sent his servant off to wake him, it was then reported by the servant that as he approached the door of Tutanekai’s house, as he looked into the room he could see
 two pairs of feet and not one lying in Tutanekai’s bed.

After that Hinemoa and Tutanekai emerged together embracing one another. From that moment on their union and love for one another was
 accepted by their relatives and tribes.

This true love story of Hinemoa and Tutanekai is considered to be the greatest love story that is recorded in Maori History and it said the descendants of the these two lovers still sing the song of the flute thatTutanekai played for Hinemoa