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who felt the insult as keenly as his young relative, instantly adopted his 
suggestion; and so rapidly did he effect the movement, that his absence 
was not discovered before he had successfully assaulted the pa and his 
name was being shouted forth as the victor. Tuahuriri was surprised 
asleep in his whare, but succeeded in escaping, leaving his two wives, 
Hine kai taki and Tuara whati, to their fate. These women were persons 
of great distinetion and were related to allthe principal families in that 
part of the country, and their lives ought to have been quite safe in the 
hands of their husband's relations. But Tutekawa, who was a man of 
cruel disposition, finding the husband had escaped, killed both the women. 
As the war party were re-embarking a few hours after, Tuahuriri came out 
to the edge of the forest, which reached nearly to the shore, and calling Tu- 
tekawa, asked him if he had got his waist-cloth, belt, and weapons; on 
being answered in the affirmative, he begged that they might be given back 
to him.  Tutekawa then stepped forward and flung them towards him. 
After picking them up, Tuahuriri threatened his cousin with the vengeance 
of his atuas for the injury he had done to him, and retiring into the depths 
of the forest he invoked the help of his familiar spirits, and by their agency 
raised the furious gale known as Tehau o Rongomai. This tempest 
dispersed Tutekawa's fleet, and many of his canoes were upset and the 
crews drowned. He with much difficulty reached the South Island, where 
to escape the vengeance of Tuahuriri, he decided to remain. He had 
nothing to fear for the Ngatimamoe, to whom he was related on the mother’s 
side, and he knew that his presence would be still more weleome to them, 
because he was willing to turn his arms against the remnant of Waitaha 
who still maintained their independence. We now take leave of Tutekawa 
for some years, and return to trace the fortunes of the warriors at Hataitai, 
of whom we have heard nothing since Tu maro’s secession. 
Though constantly at war with their neighbours or quarrelling amongst 
themselves, they had succeeded hitherto in maintaining their ground ; but 
certain events occurred after the fall of Te mata ki kai poika and the defeat 
of Tuahuriri, which ultimately led to their migration to the South Island. 
The first was the marriage of Tiotio's two daughters to Te Hautaki, 
which was brought about in the following manner :—Te Hautaki, who was 
the chief of a hapu living at Kahu, and allied to Ngatimamoe, was one day 
driven out to sea from the fishing ground by a gale of wind. Fearing that 
his canoe would be upset, and being unable to get back to his own place, 
he tried to reach the opposite shore of the straits, and with much difficulty 
effected a landing after dusk at Whanga nui a tara, just below the 
Ngatikuri pa. ** We are all dead men,”’ he said to his crew, ** unless we can 
reach the house of Tiotio unobserved."  Tiotio was the upoko ariki, or 
