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to go any further, but to build his pa where he was, at Pakihi. This he 
consented to do, and Maru returned home. Not long afterwards a circum- 
stance occurred which indicates the existence of such a curious state of 
things, that it is hard to understand how any tribe could exist when subject 
to such internal disorders, and where its leading members were animated by 
such opposite motives. 
Maru’s daughter Rakai te kura was betrothed in infancy to Te Rangi 
tauhunga, son of Te Rangi whakaputa ; notwithstanding this, she married 
with her father’s consent Tu a keka; this so incensed Te Rangi whakaputa 
that, on hearing of it, he went straight to Maru’s enclosure and killed one 
of his servants, Tu manawa rua, right before his face. So gross an outrage 
could not be patiently borne, and Maru sought the protection of Tukiauau 
with whom he remained till Te Rangi whakaputa was forced by the Ngai 
Tahu, who regretted the absence of a favourite chief, to go and ask him to 
come back. On his arrival at Pakihi Maru presented him with a large 
poha or kelp-vessel full of preserved birds, which was called Tohu raumati. 
Te Rangi whakaputa, while accepting it, refused to allow it to be opened, 
saying, “ It shall be for you Maru when you return tous.” As soon as Maru 
did reach Waipapa he proposed that the poha should be eaten on the war 
path, as they had a death to avenge. Maru could not kill the man who 
insulted him, nor any of his people, but he hoped that in fighting the 
common enemy some of Te Rangi whakaputa’s kin would be killed, and so 
payment for his murdered servant and injured honour would be obtained. 
Ngai Tahu, always eager for war, responded to his invitation and followed 
him to the attack of Kura te au, a pa belonging to Ngaitaka. It was taken, 
and amongst the prisoners was Hine Maka, a woman of rank, who was 
brought to Maru in order that he might put her to death ; but instead of 
doing so he gave her in marriage to his son, and when asked the reason for 
this strange act his reply was, ** When my descendants, the offspring of this 
marriage, are taunted with being slaves on the mother's side, the particulars 
will be enquired into, and then it will be found that the mother was taken 
prisoner when the death of my father was being avenged, so that the memory 
of my father's death having been avenged will be better preserved by sparing 
this woman than by killing her." 
It was about this time that Ngai Tahu had a visit from a celebrated 
Ngatimamoe chief Te Rangitauneke, who lived at Ohou near the Opihi 
river. He came as the champion of his tribe for the purpose of challenging 
Manawa to single combat with spears. But Manawa's friends would not 
allow him to accept the challenge, fearing that he might be killed. Maru, 
however, was allowed to take it up, and at the appointed time, in the 
presence of the assembled warriors, the two chiefs encountered each other. 
