80 Transactions.— Miscellaneous. 
Rangitauneke was the first to hurl his spear, which Maru parried; then 
Maru, not wishing to kill him, threw his spear in such a manner as to pass 
between his legs and through his apron. Te Rangitauneke acknowledged 
himself beaten and returned home, where he was, shortly after, reported to 
be killed at Upokopipi, having been surprised by his enemies while sleeping 
with a woman in the grass outside his pa. His atua matamata, however, 
came to his rescue and licked up his blood, when he recovered and re-entered 
the pa, now in his enemies' hands ; having routed them he set fire to the 
place, and retired with friends towards the south, where, after many 
encounters with Ngai Tahu, he eventually died at Waihopai. 
During the peace which followed the taking of Kura te au, the most 
friendly intercourse existed between the various Maori communities; to 
such an extent did this prevail that Manawa even ventured to visit Tukiau- 
au, whose father he had killed a few years before. The object of the visit 
was to see the far-famed beauty Te ahua rangi, daughter of Tu whakapau, 
with a view to making at some future time a proposal of marriage on behalf 
of his son Te rua hikihiki. He did not conceal from his own people that 
he hoped, by means of this marriage, to secure the Ngatimamoe hapu, to 
which the beauty belonged, as his son's serfs. The idea tickled the fancy 
of his followers, who, while employed fastening the side-boards of his canoe 
preparatory to his departure, eould not refrain from joking about the people 
who were so soon to become their chief's pori. ‘Eh! this is a grand 
idea," said one. Ah! said another, ** wait till you have successfully snared 
the thick-necked bird of Hika roroa." The visit passed off pleasantly, and 
Manawa was returning home; the people were flocking to the beach side of 
the pa to wish him good-bye, when Te Rangi whakaputa hearing some one 
sobbing, turned round and saw it was Tukiauau. ‘Are you a woman that 
you cry?" “No,” said he, “I am only grieving at my brother's departure." 
* Beware!" was the reply. ‘‘Do not use green flax, but whitau. Do not 
take the foremost nor the hindermost, but the one in the middle, kopu para 
para, the star of the year himself. Do not divulge this hint of mine.” 
The suggestion, so treacherously made by Manawa’s friend and companion 
in arms, was not forgotten, as the sequel will show. Having waited an 
appropriate time, Manawa returned to Pakihi to obtain the formal consent 
of Tu whakapau to his daughter’s marriage with his son. Accompanied by 
100 followers he approached the pa, being welcomed with the customary greet- 
ings. Amongst his party were Maru’s brother and several other relations of 
his ; these were led by Hine umutahi to her house, while the rest were shown 
into a large house set apart for their reception. Manawa was the last to 
enter the pa, and as he bent his head in passing through the low gateway, 
Tukiauau, who was standing just inside it, struck him a violent blow with 
