TE HEKE O TANGIHARURU
Kokotaure
Kokotaure | Ngā Taniwha o Ngāti Manawa
He mokomoko pane rua a Kokotaure. I te wā ka põutoa tana kaki e Tamaaia, ka hīkaikai tana tinana, ā, ka hua mai te ingoa a Pekepeke. Koirā hoki te ingoa o te wāhi tapu i Kaingaroa.
Kokotaure a double-headed lizard, when decapitated by Tamaaia his body, writhed and jumped hence the name Pekepeke (jumping) given to the area in Kaingaroa.