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himself for the return match in true Maori fashion. " During the siege 

 of the island mokihis or rush-rafts were used, and all sides of the pa 

 attacked. It could not be taken, so at length a truce was called. Now 

 Hitau, the sister of Te Whatanui, had taken part with her brother 

 against her husband Ti Waewae. From the shore she called to him. 

 She induced him to leave the island in a canoe laden with eels, the 

 which eels were ngakau" I gather that in some way their acceptance 

 entitled the giver to fair-play, to consideration, at the yery least that 



Tauranga-kaou. 



he should have been done to death correctly. Not even that last 

 melancholy consolation was accorded Ti Waewae he was just killed, 

 knocked on the head in the common or garden way, and with him 

 another man Paia, who, " feeling love for Ti "Waewae," was resolute to 

 share the fate of his chief. 1 



1 My admiration for poor, loyal, simple-hearted Paia, who chivalrously chose to share the 

 fate of his chief and friend, met with but scant sympathy ; my interpreter, the Eev. P. A. 

 Bennett, related to both races, who had hitherto thought well of me, looked very grave. Pera 

 and Te Hata made no bones about the matter, but burst forth with deep-chested emphatic 



