Smith. — On the History of Otakanini Pa, Kaijjara. 43 



Te Otene's age at seventy in 1860, this would make the 

 date about the year 1690 or 1700, if not before. It was not 

 long after this that the Ngati-whatua conquered all the country 

 from Kaipara to the Tamaki, and practically exterminated the 

 whole of the Wai-o-hua Tribe, who were its then owners. 

 We now come to Hami te Waewae's narrative: — 



whawliai katoa. 

 whakataukitia : 

 Aitanga-a-Tiki " 

 " Te tanga o te 



This is the history of the Ota- 

 kanini Pa, wliich is situated at 

 Kaipara. 



Tauhia was the chief of this pa, 

 and his tribe was Ngati-whatua. 

 He was a grandson of Pokopoko- 

 whiti-te-ra. The people of the pa 

 were celebrated for their bravery. 

 There are several " sayings " in re- 

 ference thereto : " The pa of the 

 descendants of Tiki"; of "Tetae- 

 taea " ; " where stands tlie totara." 

 These are all sayings applied to a 

 high-born people. The other say- 

 ings are in reference to the courage 

 of the people in war. 



Ko nga korero tenei o teuei pa, o 

 Otakanini, e tu nei i roto o Kai- 

 para. 



Ko Tauhia te rangatira o tenei 

 pa. Tonaiwi, ko Ngati-whatua. He 

 moko-puna ia na Pokopoko-whiii- 

 te-ra. He pa toa tenei i ana 

 Ko te pa tenei i 

 ' Ko te pa o te 

 o " Tetaetaea " ; 

 totara." Ko euei 

 whakatauki, he whakatauki mo te 

 iwi rangatira. " Ko te ringa heke 

 tohu nui a Tangaroa"; " Ko te 

 whare o te manuka " ; " Ko te poko- 

 poko o Rotu " ; " Te autete awliea." 

 Ko enei whakatauki, he whakatauki 

 mo te toa ki te whawhai. 



The above are mottoes or sayings descriptive of the bravery 

 of the people and the strength of the pa. Pokopoko-whiti-te-ra 

 was a celebrated ancestor of the Ngati-whatua Tribe, who was 

 a great peacemaker in his day ; hence, in making peace, if it 

 were likely to be lasting, it was said to be like those of "Poko- 

 poko-who-causes-the-sun-to-shine." He was also celebrated 

 as a taniivha slayer, and many places in Kaipara are pointed 

 out at this day as the former dwelhng-places of noted tani- 

 ivhas that were killed by him. Rotu, mentioned in one of the 

 " sayings," was the wife of Maki, already referred to. 



Another pa of Tauhia's was Rangi- 

 te-pu. On one occasion Takurua 

 came with a thousand men to as- 

 sault that pa. Oti their arrival 

 they found Tauhia iu the pa, with 

 six comrades, he making seven, and 

 his mother eight. His mother's 

 name was Koieie, and she was a 

 daughter of Pokopoko. Koieie told 

 her son (Tauhia) to dress himself 

 up in his garments of war. She 

 proceeded to help him, and deco- 

 rated his head with a plume made 

 of the feathers of the kotuku (or 

 white heron). He then seized his 

 weapon, which was named " The- 

 tides-fought-with- the- war- girdle." 

 When the army of Takurua ap- 

 proached, his companions called 



Ko tetelii o nga pa o Tauhia ko 

 Pangi-te-pu. Kotahi mano te ope a 

 Takurua i eke ki te whawhai ki 

 taua pa. Rokohanga atu, ko Tau- 

 hia i te pa, toko-ono nga hoa, ko ia 

 ka toko-whitu ai ; ko tona whaea 

 ka toko-waru. Te ingoa o tona 

 whaea ko Koieie, he tamahine na 

 Pokopoko. Ka mea atu a Koieie 

 ki tana tamaiti — ki a Tauhia, kia 

 kakahuria ana kakahu mo te wha- 

 whai. Katahi ka whakakakahuria 

 e Koieie, ka tiaina tona matenga 

 ki te raukura — ara — ki te kotuku. 

 Katahi ka mau ki tana patu ; te 

 ingoa o te patu, ko "Nga-tai-i- 

 turia-ki-te-maro whara " Heoi ; te 

 taenga atu o te ope a Takurua, ka 

 karanga atu nga hoa ki a Tauhia 



