I te ra ka hapu ia, ka timata a Hinekura ki te pakeketanga me te karakia me te manaaki. Kua haria ia ki tetahi wananga i kitea ai tana mahi i roto i te iwi.
On the day she gets her first menses, Hinekura is initiated into adulthood with ceremony and blessings. She's taken to a wananga where her role within the tribe is revealed to her.