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the lady's name, and she was famed for her extreme beauty. A great tangi 

 was held over her remains, at which Te Heuheu caused her head to be pre- 

 served, he himself calcining her brains, and strewing the ashes over the 

 land, which he declared to be for ever ta-pu.y^ 



" Leaving the Ranga-taua we marched to Wai-tuna, and halted there 

 while the heads of our dead were properly preserved." [Wai-tuna was a pa 

 about two miles above the Onepuhi Bridge over the Rangi-tikei River.} 

 " Some of oiu' party who were going overland captured prisoners at Oroua. 

 We were travelling in such a manner as to catch anybody in the neighbour- 

 hood. Here at Wai-tuna our party from Manawa-tu joined us, bringing 

 in one prisoner. Here we again divided into parties, some going up the 

 Turakina Valley and the others remaining near the Rangi-tikei. The 

 first-mentioned party took several prisoners, but we took none. 



" From Wai-tuna we went on to Ma-karaka (at Kaka-riki), and from 

 thence to Whaka-poka ; from there on to Te Kiekie (Makohine), and 

 from there to Otara. At this place we found Te Waha and Te Rangi- 

 tahua, who had returned and resumed residence there, for the priest had 

 exorcised the spot. Then we went on to Kawatau (a river on the east 

 side of the Rangi-tikei, above Manga- weka), where we stayed for some 

 time, as we buried the bodies of Te Poka and Heuheu's daughter there. 

 From thence we proceeded to Kai-inanga, where we left our canoes, and 

 continued on our way to Taupo." 



This journey, as described by our Maori friend, was called by him the 

 " Heke Kariri Tahi " (migration of one cartridge), from the circumstance 

 of their having veiy little ammunition. According to Travers, Whata-nui 

 accompanied this hehe for the purpose of conferring with Te Rau-paraha ; 

 but, finding that chief absent, he returned to Taupo almost immediately 

 to bring down his people. From the manner in which these strong armed 

 bodies of men roamed over the Turakina, Rangi-tikei, and Manawa-tu 

 districts, killing and making slaves of all the unfortunate Ngati Apa 

 they met, one can form an idea of the state of the country at that 

 time. 



We have notes of two later Ngati Rau-kawa hekes, one of which came 

 down before the fight known as Hao-whenua, and the other immediately 

 after ; but, as the first of these mentions the death of Taka-rangi at Ko- 

 huru-po, that event had better be related first, as well as civil and other 

 troubles related by the Ngati Apa themselves. 



Now, there was a battle fought at Tara-kite (near Rata), called Tawa- 

 para, and after this Rangi-whaka-pou was murdered by Ika-whaka-ariki^ 

 both of Ngati Apa. To revenge that murder, the Kauae, in conjunction 

 with Ngati Kahu-ngunu people, destroyed the whole hapu of Ika-whaka- 

 ariki who were living at Huaki-tae-ore, across the Rangi-tikei, and at Rua- 

 puta-uaki and 0-weta-ra, down by the river (near Bull's). 



When that war-party of the Ngati Kahu-ngunu came down to smite 

 Ika-whaka-ariki, that chief fled to Whanga-nui, where he remained for 

 some years, and when he thought he could return in safety he did so, and 

 again took up his residence in his pa (below Bull's) ; but members of the 

 Ngati Kahu-ngunu Tribe were still on the scene, and the Kauae people soon 



* In Travers's " Life of Te Rati-paraha " this lady's name is given as Reremai. 

 bat his informant was apparently in error, for Reremai was one of the victims of the 

 Kai-inanga fight. 



