3b6 Transactions. 



A rough idea of Te Hi'ia's period may be obtained from the following 

 genealogical table : — 



Te Hiha 



Te Weranga 



I 

 Hine-tarewa 



Hine-ki-runga-o-te-rangi Whanake = Tama-i-rangi* 



I I 



I I " 



Tarewa = Te Kekerenga • 



Te Miha-o-te-rangi • 



I 



Ratuna Meiha Keepa (named after Major Kemp) 



I 

 Te Ruhi = Aporo te Kumeroa (atout 55 years old, 1909). 



The two challenging chiefs were not disappointed. Tu-te-whakarua-a- 

 nga-rangi, the leading chief in the fa, likewise selected five hundred of his 

 best men, and formed up to meet the invaders. Not only did he meet 

 them, but he beat them, and drove them into the river ; indeed, if it had 

 not been for the river they would all have been killed ; as it was, many 

 saved themselves by swimming across. Both the assaulting chiefs escaped, 

 but Te Hiha was afterwards known as Te Hiha-moumou-tangata (Te Hiha, 

 waster of mankind). 



Now, although this portion of the army was badly beaten, there were 

 still the fifteen hundred men under Nuku, who were very anxious to strike 

 immediately, and so obtain utu for their late companions. But Nuku said, 

 " No ; wait. When night comes lay ambuscades in the flax on both sides of 

 the track, and in the morning you will find utu enough and to spare." When 

 night fell Nuku sent his companies up the hill, and placed them in various 

 divisions in hiding on both sides of tlie road leading from the fa to the 

 camp, which was about two miles distant, and when morning broke he sent 

 another three hundred men with the apparent intention of attacking the fa. 



Now, when Tu-te-whakarua saw the three hundred approaching he sent 

 out six hundred of his best men to meet them, and as Nuku's men drew 

 near the fa the companies met, and a general scramble took place. Then 

 Nuku retreated towards his camp, as though defeated, and all the people 

 of the fa rushed out to join in the pursuit and participate in the victory, 

 for the people of Oruhi were hungry : they had been besieged for several 

 days, and now they thought the opportunty to obtain provisions was before 

 them. But they knew not of Nuku's men in hiding, who waited till the 

 people of the fa were busy pursuing, and then they took them in the rear. 

 Great was the killing. And now the fame of Nuku was established, and 

 his name was spoken everywhere. 



Soon the people in the north heard of his great ntana, and they sent a 

 message to him for help, as they were in a bad way. The Ure-wera, Whaka- 

 tohea, and Ngai Tai people had attacked the Gisborne district, and its 

 people were in bondage. 



When this message reached the Ngati Kahu-ngunu in Hawke's Bay and 

 Wairarapa, Nuku agreed to assist ; so he and another chief, Pareihe, who 



* The great chieftainess of Ngati Ira, killed near Kai-koura. 



