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spared were taken to Inland Patea, where they were kindly treated. One 

 of the prisoners taken on that occasion was Te Rehu, Ma-tangi's son. 

 Afterwards when he gxew up he escaped and went to seek help from the 

 Ngati Tama to avenge his father's death. They responded, and the war- 

 party so raised went to Taiiranga Taupo (about twelve miles from Toka- 

 anu, on the Toka-anu - Taupo Road), and there attacked the Ngati Tu- 

 whare-toa at the Horo-tanukti Pa. They seem to have been repulsed, one 

 of their chief men.. Te Iwi-kinakia, being killed and eaten. The attackers 

 now became the attacked, for as they returned home they were followed 

 up by Ngati Tu-whare-toa, who killed Tuma-kau-rangi. of the Ngati Tama 

 Tribe, and Haere-te-kura (Hau-iti's son), of Ngati Hau-iti. at Rangi-po. 

 Such a defeat required to be wiped out with blood, so another party Avas 

 organized to avenge those deaths. Tama-kai-tangi and his brother Hika- 

 kainga, also Hau-iti, accompanied that war-party, and they obtained what 

 they sought, for they captured the pa Hawera-roa, and then went on to 

 Kapo-a-rangi, where they killed Rakei-atu, but they spared Ripo-rangi, 

 who was captured by Hika-kainga. The war-party then went on to Taupo, 

 where they Avere attacked by the Ngati Tu-whare-toa ; but peace was made 

 when it was knoAvn that Ripo-rangi had been spared in the previous fight ; 

 so that war-party then returned to their homes. 



In the meantime the Ngati Apa people had rapidly been extending 

 themselves throughout this new country. From the time they arrived at 

 Roto-a-ira they had been sending companies south, so that when the main 

 body migrated they had settled pas and extensive cultivation in many 

 of the inland districts, as well as right down the Rangi-tikei River to its 

 mouth. 



It was soon after Ngati Apa were settled in this new country that Hau- 

 iti (the ancestor of the Ngati Hau-iti Tribe) left his fighting-pa. Ara-o- 

 tawhaki, and started for Taupo to avenge the death of his son Haere-te- 

 kura, who had been killed in battle by the Ngati Tu-whare-toa people, as 

 related. He left his pas 0-tau-eru and Rongo-motumotu at Ranga-tira in 

 charge of his younger brother Ka-ama ; but Ngati Apa took advantage 

 of Hau-iti's absence, killed and ate Ka-ama, seized Rongo-motumotu (on 

 the Rangi-tikei River, near Rata), as well as several other pas in the 

 vicinity. A messenger was hurriedly sent to Hau-iti. who returned with 

 all possible haste and pursued Ngati Apa, who took refuge in Ta-pora-pora, 

 a pa belonging to Hau-iti. Driven out of this place, they fled to Te Ara- 

 o-tawhaki, evacuated by Hau-iti when he left for Taupo. After the fall 

 of this pa they retreated to Puapua-tanaki, one of the pas which they had 

 taken from Hau-iti, and here they found a secure retreat. After this Hau- 

 iti was killed by Pukeko, a Ngati Apa man, at a place which still bears his 

 name, Te Papa-o-Hau-iti (Rata) ; and his descendants sought to avenge 

 his death by attacking a pa called Oti-haupu, on the south-east of the 

 Rangi-tikei River. They were successful in this venture, for a great num- 

 ber of th« Ngati Apa people were killed, but a few, among whom were 

 Hatea and Rangi-whiowhio, were spared, ^^^len the Ngati Hau-iti had 

 taken this pa, they assaulted the Wharewhare-riki and Po-takataka pas 

 (on the 0-tama-kapua Block), both of which were taken. The Ngati Ha^i- 

 iti were then satisfied, and returned home. The large force that attacked 

 these pas was ga+hered from Inland Patea, 0-tara. 0-tau-eru. and the 

 upper Rangi-tikei, and the fighting took place in the time of \ATiare-pu- 

 rakau, contemporary with Tama-te-raka and Iro-kino, and was in revenge 

 for the death of Hau-iti. 



