Ko Rākaihautū te kaihautū o te waka o Uruao, ko tōna ūnga mai ki uta kei Whakatū. Ka hōparatia e ia te whenua, ā, ka karia ki tāna kō, ko te keringa tērā o ngā roto maunga, roto kōpaka, roto kurutaitai hoki o Te Waipounamu, e kīia nei e ngā uri ko Kā Puna Karikari, Kā Puna Hauaitu me Kā Puna Waimarie.

Rākaihautū captained the Uruao waka and made landfall near Nelson. He traversed the land, and with his kō (hoe), dug the alpine, glacial and brackish lakes of Te Waipounamu – Kā Puna Karikari, Kā Puna Hauaitu and Kā Puna Waimarie.