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rallied, however, and the fighting continued to rage in Taupo, many on 
both sides being destroyed ; so much so that several of the Taupo people 
became afraid and fled. Those from Lower Taupo went to the Arawa, 
Rotokakahi, and Lake Tarawera, others to Tarawera beyond Runanga. 
he people who remained to keep possession of Upper Taupo were the 
Heuheu and his hapu, and Tauteka and Rangi-monehunehu with two 
hundred men of their hapus. The name of the pa in which they were 
collected was Whakatara. 
The hapu which kept possession of Lower Taupo was Ngatirangiita, 
comprising the families of Matatoru, Hautapu, Tatarai, and Wharengaro. 
The pa in which they collected was called the Tarata. From these pas, the 
only ones held in Taupo, fighting was earried on without ceasing until 
peace was made. After everything was quiet, those who had fled returned 
to their former habitations. Thus have the Ngatituwharetoa maintained 
their mana in Taupo. 
Part II. 
I stated in my introduction to the first part of these readings that I was 
one of those who firmly believed that the Maoris have occupied this country 
for a more lengthened period than is generally supposed, and that their 
traditions go far to prove that these islands were inhabited long before the 
arrival of the much-talked-of (mythieal?) eanoes, viz., the Arawa, Tainui, 
and others, and that in these readings I would confine myself as far as 
possible to traditionary evidence. The more this question is investigated 
by an unbiassed mind, the more clear I think it will appear that such is 
the ease; for instance, I would draw attention to the facts set forth in Mr. 
Colenso's able essay on “ The Maori Races’* in the Transactions and 
the many other articles referring to the Maoris by the same gentleman 
in various volumes of that work. Againin the ** Mythology and Traditions of 
the New Zealanders,” and the ** Poetry of the New Zealanders,” by Sir George 
Grey. The Rev. B. Taylor, in his “ Ika a Maui,’’+ shows clearly what his 
opinion is on the matter. Then we have, in vols. x. and xii. of the ** Transac- 
tions,’ —“ Traditional History of the South Island Maoris,” by the Rev. J. W. 
Stack, and the many contributions on the subjeet by the Rev. J. F. H. 
Wohlers ; and also of Dr. Hector, Messrs. R. C. Barstow, Travers, Goodall, 
and the important discoveries by Dr. von. Haast and others in regard to 
the aneient eaves and moa-hunters. I might also quote Dr. von. Hoch- 
stetter’s * New Zealand," in chapters ix. and x. of which volume he 
argues that Hawaiki and the legendary canoes and migration are all 
* "Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. i 
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