How Kapiti Island came to be.
Have you ever wondered how Kapiti Island came to be?
Long ago (Like 20 centuries ago) there were seven Mountains: Otaki, Waikanae, Akatarawa, Paekakariki, Paraparaumu, Maunganui and Kapiti, out of all these seven mountains Kapiti was the only woman and With a dress of greenery and a veil of leaves she was the most beautiful mountain in all of the land.
All of the mountains had rocky feelings for her, but out of the six mountains only one had strong feelings for her.
All the mountains were trying to show off to Kapiti but she had already given her heart to Maunganui, the other got jealous of Maunganui so they made a plan to try split them up.
Meanwhile…
Kapiti and Maunganui were walking back from their visit to Taupo, as they were walking back along the beach they looked out to the empty ocean, Kapiti stopped in her tracks and stared at the glistening waves of the ocean .
The other mountains had started putting their plans to work first they started weaving strong ropes out of flax, then tying them together to make nets.
After that they climbed trees and waited for Kapiti and Maunganui to return.
Maunganui and Kapiti walked along the path and as they passed the trees “BOO!!!!” the other mountains sprung out of their hiding place and through nets over them, Maunganui and Kapiti said their goodbyes as they got pulled apart. Maunganui got pulled all the way to the north-east of Tauranga city and had a magical wall built a wall around him to keep him there, for years he tryed and tryed to free himself but he couldn't, while he got tugged to where Mount Maunganui is now, Kapiti was pulled over to Wellington.
1 year later…
After a year of being locked up Kapiti finally died of depression.
The other mountains saw what they had done they walked the 1000 steps to Ruaumoko who sincerely punished them for what they did suddenly they began to shrink he took all their strength and pride away from them and pushed it all the way to Maunganui who suddenly grew taller and felt stronger than he had in ages with his new strength he was able to smash through the wall and race to Kapiti but when he got there he was devastated to see Kapiti dead .
He carved a beautifully intricate design on a gorgeous boat off fairies mountains , people and their love. He carried her out out of Wellington and to the beach of Waikanae where he placed her into the boat and pushed her out to sea to where she now lays he then returned to where he now stands where he was turned to stone.
And that is how kapiti island came to be.
