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In the morning the sacred army, which had been sent for by Tuwhare- 
toa, arrived from Puehuehu, near Tarawera-moana, and a lizard was killed 
by them, by which means the curse passed off. The army then returned 
to their home, where they waited perhaps ten nights, and prepared 
food. 
Then said Tuwharetoa, ** Go kill the Ngatikurapoto.” The army then 
started and marched on till they reached Waikato and on to Takapau. 
There they divided into two parties, one going by way of Aputahou, Tau- 
hara, on to Waipahihi, Wharewaka, and so on to Rotongaio. On the day 
of their arrival they killed Kurimanga, the priest, and cooked him in an 
oven, from which circumstance the place is called Umu-kuri. 
They slept there that night, and next morning attacked two pas, both of 
which fell into their hands. The names of those pas were Tara-o-te-Marama 
and Pa-powhatu. Some were killed, and others saved. Those of that tribe 
who were spared went to live on the plains in the direction of Heretaonga 
(Hawke's Bay). The army then proceeded along the shores of Taupo 
Lake. 
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The other division of the war-party had gone by the plains and arrived 
at the Kotipu without meeting anyone. They there smelt a fire, and, on 
searching, found a woman named Monoao, whom they ‘killed as a sacrifice 
to the gods. The chief of the party which went by the plains was Rereao. 
The other chiefs were with the party which went by Taupo. Their names 
were Taringa, Waikari, Patu-iwi, and many others. 
The party under Rereao marched on to Tuariki and descended to Tau- 
ranga (on the shores of Lake Taupo), where they found the Ngatihotu r 
living. They killed Tara-o-te-Marama and made a prisoner of Kurawaha, : 
a chief of Ngatihotu, at Kanihinuhi. When Ata-iwi-kura, daughter of : 
Rereao, saw what a fine man Kurawaha was, she saved him and took him 
unto herself as a husband. 
When Rereao and party had made an end of staying at Tauranga, they 
proceeded by way of Onemararangi. The Ngatihotu were collected at 
Kakapakia. That pa was then attacked and the people to the number of 
two hundred were killed. An oven was at once dug by Rereao, and one 
hundred and forty were put into that oven. They hung up Tipapa-Kereru, 
the chief of the pa. Rereao’s killing of men ceased here. He then went " 
about the eountry making landmarks (taking possession). The saying, 2 
“ The long oven of Rereao," has been handed down to this generation. E. 
After this he and his party proceeded to Motiti, the Kotuku-o, Rereao, the a 
Kowhiti-o-Rereao, the Pungarehu-o-Rereao, and to Pukawa-o-Rereao. Here us 
they stopped, and here they met the party which had travelled by the other 
shore of Lake Taupo. The chiefs now decided to proclaim peace, all the 
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