 This Kirikava did and Ruatapu continued on into the Arutanga district to a settlement called Anainga, where he found the people bringing food to the ariki, Chief Taruia.Ruatapu decided to take Taruia's place as ariki, and created a small model canoe called a "kopae" out of coconut leaves.He set it in the lagoon at Ruatea where one of Taruia's warriors caught it, and ran to show him, amazed and having never seen anything like it.