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fight, and it took place at Te Kopiri, near the railway-station, Turakina. 

 After this, peace was made. Te Rangi-te-ika conferred with Mua-upoko 

 and Rangi-tane, and they returned home ; but on their way, when near 

 Te Ara-tau-mahi (Bull's), their good resolutions melted away. The oppor- 

 tunity to kill some one could not be resisted. Was not the excitement of 

 the fight the very spice and essence of expectance ? So they killed Hatoa, 

 of the Ngati Apa, at that place. The hue and cry was quickly raised, Ngati 

 Apa followed them up, and at the Manawa-tu River they came upon them. 

 There a skirmish took place, with the result that Pa-anga, of' the Rangi-tane, 

 and others were killed, though Te Weta, whom they were anxious to take, 

 escaped up the river, though badly wounded by a spear-thrust in the thigh. 

 (This was the same man who escaped on a previous occasion when attacked 

 by Rangi-hau-tu and Ao-kehu.) Ngati Apa then returned home satisfied, 

 having avenged both their late defeat at Turakina and the murder at Te 

 Ara-tau-mahi ( Bull" s) . 



Chapter VI. 



It seems to have been about this time that the battle of Manga-toetoe 

 took place, in Hawke's Bay, between the Manumanu people and Ngati 

 Kahu-ngunu, at Manga-toetoe, where Rewharewha and other chiefs of 

 Ngati Kahu-ngunu fell, some thirty in all ; and again they were defeated at 

 Pou-taka, where the Ngati Apa and Koiri people killed Tua-whitu. For 

 payment Ngati Kahu-ngunu obtained help from the Ngati Apa and Ngati 

 Maru tribes, who assembled at Here-taunga under the command of Tangi- 

 te-rm'u, Roro, Rangi-nui-kapo, and Te Rei. 



The combined forces then travelled to Mokai Patea, where they found 

 Pokai-tara, of Ngati Whiti, living at Whiringa-o-tau ; so they killed him, 

 and then crossed the Rangi-tikei River, where they killed Te Rahui, who 

 belonged to the people living on that side of the river. When Pehi Turoa 

 heard that the Ngati Kahu-ngunu were in the Rangi-tikei district, he wished 

 to assist them, so he and Kaeaea (usually known as Taringa Kuri), of Ngati 

 Tama, raised a party and went to help. As soon as Ngati Wai-riki heard 

 of this great army advancing, they sent messengers to Rangi-tikei, Whanga- 

 ehu, Turakina, Manga-whero, and 0-takapo, and raised a force to check the 

 advance of the combined tribes, who had now joined. They met the enemy 

 at the place where the town of Marton now stands, and, after a challenge 

 to single combat had been given, the chiefs Kapia, of Ngati Wai-riki, and 

 Rangi-nui, of Ngati Kahu-ngunu, met, and after a hand-to-hand conflict 

 Rangi-nui was killed. Upon seeing the fall of their chief leader, the Ngati 

 Kahu-ngunu lost heart and fled. In this battle, which was called Taku- 

 te-rangi, the Ngati Kahu-ngunu numbered 1,600 men (probably gxeatly 

 exaggerated, for our friend is speaking a la Maori), while their victorious 

 opponents mustered only about 340. 



After this the taua reconstructed, and went on to Here-taunga, whence 

 they had come, still determined on mischief. When they arrived at Maka- 

 roro (head-waters of Wai-pawa River) they found the Ngati Upoko-iri and 

 and Ngati Hine-manu living there. So they attacked the pa and defeated 

 its inmates, killing twenty-two of them. Some of the survivors from Pona- 

 pona fled across the Wai-pawa River, where they rallied, and in turn defeated 

 their enemy at Wai-pohue, Pou-kawa, near Wai-pawa (Jour. Polynesian Soc, 

 vol. ix, p. 74), and killed Rangi-maona-ariki, one of the chiefs of Tangi-te- 

 ruru's war-party. After this defeat Tangi-te-ruru hastily returned home. 



