TRAILS ROUND TUTIRA LAKE 79 



Ikapohia pea i te mata o te tao 



I te aro-a-kapa, te tohu a te tane, 



Nau i moumou, nau i tapae, 



Ka mahora kai waho. 



Ma Te Ahi-kai-ata, 



Ka whakatarea koe ki ' te ika a ngahue ' 



Tiro hia ra te manu nui a Tiki 



Ko te riu tena i whakahekea iho 



Ki te wai-o-Taue, no runga nga puke 



No Maunga-haruharu, no Tatara-kina 



No roto i nga whanga. 



Ma o teina koe e utu ki te hue 



Mau e moumou te ' Ahu-a-Kuranui ' 



E rere kau atu sa. 



Nau i whakakore te ' Whatu-o-Poutini,' 



Te kahu o te tipua, te ' kiri o Irawaru,' 



Te rau o te ngahere 



Puai ki te whare i." 



Although Te Mautaranui had been killed and utu had been obtained 

 as far as the Urewera tribes were concerned, the Ngati-kuru-mokihi leaders 

 felt that Te Whatanui's people must be made to suffer also, for he it was 

 who had instigated the attack on Tauranga-koau. The five chiefs of the 

 Wairoa district, combined with the Ngati-kuru-mokihi, made, therefore, a 

 united raid upon Te Roto-a-tara, where some of Te Whatanui's people of 

 the Ngati-raukawa tribe were living. During the fight Te Momo, the 

 leader of the Ngati-raukawa, and most of his tribe were killed. The 

 raiders then proceeded to Te Whiti-o-tu, vanquishing there another sept 

 of the Ngati-raukawa tribe. Proceeding then to the Taupo district, they 

 again attacked relatives of Te Whatanui living at Omakukara on the 

 western shores of lake Taupo. There they killed Te Whaunui and Mate- 

 tahora, the leading chiefs, and a large number of lesser name and fame. 

 Thus was utu fully obtained for Tauranga-koau. 



By the time the triumphant taua had regained Tutira, the tide of 

 Christianity was spreading like a flood, tribal warfare was coming to an 

 end. Hence arose the saying of the Ngati-kuru-mokihi : " Ko Te Roto-a- 

 Tara, ko Te Whiti-o-tu, Jco Omakukara, ka iri te ake i te whare, e iri nei, 

 tae ana mai tenei ra" "After the battles of Roto-a-tara, Whiti-o-tu, 

 and Omakukara, we hung up our weapons in our houses, and there they 

 have hung unto this day." 



After this very long digression, once again returning to our trail 

 and passing Te-Papa-o-Waiatara, Ti Waewae Hangi, and the shoal 



