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was occupying the attention of the men, who also fell a prey to the taua ; 

 then they attacked the women who were gathering the hinau-berries : and 

 so, when the Ngati Apa entered the pa by way of te paepae, there was no 

 one there but the old and young to defend the place. Consequently Kai- 

 nianga fell, and great was the fall thereof." 



This greatly weakened them, for just before this fight Ngati Hau-iti 

 had lost a gTeat number of their people owing to a great makutu. the be- 

 witching of the Ngati Hau-iti by the Ngati Apa. It seems the latter had 

 fled for protection to Otara after Tu-whare's fight. The Otara (Ngati 

 Hau-iti) were annoyed with them for staying, and consequently consimiing 

 their provisions, and spoke angrily to them about it ; whereupon the Ngati 

 Apa. in great \\Tath, bewitched them by their sorcerers Tu-mata-whiti and 

 Moko, and then immediately left the district. My informant, Warena 

 Hunia, of Parewa-nui. assures me that this man, Tu-mata-whiti, had an 

 atua which had the wonderful power of shining like fire when consulted 

 if the intended venture was likely to prove successful, otherwise it remained 

 dull and motionless. The result was that many of the Ngati Hau-iti died 

 of the spells laid upon them. 



So far in this narrative an endeavour has been made to keep the vari- 

 ous events in their proper chronological order, but dates have been avoided, 

 for, although the dates have been assigned by Mr. S. Percy Smith and 

 others to the principal raids and migrations from the north, when reference 

 is made to these raids by Natives there is always a difficulty in knowing 

 which one is meant ; and, as events crowd together between the years 

 1820 and 1840, there is less chance of giving each its proper place in 

 liistory ; consequently it may be necessary to give a continuation of these 

 notes as supplied by informants in narrative form, rather than cut them 

 up endeavouring to obtain reliable order. 



The fight at Kai-inanga, and also another at Pare-kaoa, took place 

 ■after WTiata-nui's raid. Kai-inanga was first, then came Pare-kaoa's death 

 at Pou-kawa (near Napier), and Te Ao was killed some time after. 



Chapter IV. 



After the battle of Kai-inanga, the Ngati Apa returned to the outward 

 part of Rangi-tikei — that is, the lower valley — but soon removed to Wai- 

 rarapa for fear of an attack by the Ngati Tu-whare-toa ; but from there 

 they were quickly driven back by the Ngati Kahu-ngunu. They re- 

 turned to Rangi-tikei, but on their arrival were met by the Ngati Hau-iti, 

 who had returned to avenge their defeat at Kai-inanga. The Ngati Hau- 

 iti people mustered at Mokai Patea, where they were met by a Ngati Rau- 

 kawa heke (migration) of four hundred men, besides women and children, 

 under the chiefs Te Heuheu-nui, Te Rangi-mone-hurehu, and Te Whaka- 

 rau. This was the second great heke from Taupo, but no particulars are 

 available regarding the first (called Rua-mai-oro). At Patea the following 

 tribes sent men to swell the numbers : Ngati Whiti, Ngati te Upoko-iri, 

 Ngati Tama, and Ngati Tu-whare-toa. Then this great body journeyed 

 •down the river together till they came to Kai-inanga, where they spent 

 some time making canoes to convey their provisions down the Rangi- 

 tikei River. 



On leaving Kai-inanga some of the party went by land, and others with 

 the canoes. Following the course of the canoes, the first day they came 

 to Pounga, where they camped, next day reaching Otara. " Here," said 



