Welch. — Waterloo of the Waikato. 



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Ngapuhi, however, formed no permanent settlements south of Auckland ; 

 they only depopulated the Waikato and Waipa districts. 



The tribes collectively called Ngatimaru and Ngatipaoa, of the lower 

 Thames and south coast of Hauraki Gulf, were also by this time (1822) 

 becoming well supplied with firearms, and they invaded, with intention of 

 permanent settlement, the almost wholly depopulated great triangle formed 

 on the west and east by the Waipa and Waikato Rivers, and by the Maunga- 

 tautari Mountain and Range in the south. 



Between the years 1814 and 1822, Ngatihaua, under their politic and 

 warrior chief Te Waharoa, driven from their proper homes on the Waikato, 

 maintained by sheer talent and bravery their tribal individuaUty and inde- 

 pendence in the inland country north of Rotorua and between the Waikato 

 and Thames Rivers. They established friendly relations with the Tauranga 



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tribes, collectively known as Ngaiterangi. Through these latter tribes Te 

 Waharoa contrived to obtain a considerable number of firearms, and had 

 greatly distinguished himself on behalf of Ngaiterangi against the Arawa 

 and Rotorua Tribes. 



Up to this time, however (1830), he had been quite unable to make any 

 attempt to recover the ancestral lands of Ngatihaua in the Waikato ; but 

 now (1830) he learned that the other remnants of Waikato tribes, having 

 obtained firearms through the ports of Manukau, Kawhia, and Mokau, 

 were forming plans to attack the Ngatimaru and Ngatipaoa, who had taken 

 permanent possession of the triangular district above mentioned. Now, it 

 would, according to Maori custom, be very derogatory to the prestige {mana) 

 of Ngatihaua and their chief Te Waharoa if that district was reconquered 

 by any one other than themselves, for, although, supposing the Waikato 



