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the Ngapuhi chiefs—Te Wherowhero, and others of the Waikatos,—and Te 
Waharoa, with his Ngatihaua, were all simultaneously engaged in the most 
ruthless wars against their neighbours ; whilst, as I have before observed, Te 
Rauparaha was carrying on operations of a similar character in the South, 
and the number of people slaughtered was tremendous. On this head, I 
might quote many graphic passages from Mr. J, A. Wilson’s “Story of Te 
Waharoa.” In speaking of the ultimate destruction of the great pa at 
Matamata, he tells us, “That at that time a number of Ngatimaru, with 
Tuhurua as their chief, resided at Matamata, an important fortress, not far 
from Mangakawa, Te Waharoa’s own place, and therefore in a position which 
rendered them specially open to his incursions. Nor could they expect any 
effective aid against these incursions from the other sections of the tribe, 
whose internal jealousies, and constant dread of the Ngapuhi, then using 
their newly acquired weapons, in taking vengeance for former injuries, pre- 
vented them joining Ngatimaru proper against the common enemy. But 
for these circumstances, of which Te Waharoa was, no doubt, well aware, it 
is considered questionable whether he would have succeeded in his designs, 
as the Thames natives, before they lost the Totara Pa, mustered 4,000 fighting 
men ; and, even after that disaster, he was unable, by mere strength, to wrest 
it from its possessors.” The following events, however, determined him to 
prosecute his war with Ngatimaru, and greatly contributed to his ultimate 
success. 
“In 1821,” says Mr. Wilson, “a taua of Ngapuhi, under the celebrated 
Hongi, arrived at the Totara Pa, between Kauaeranga and Kopu, at the 
mouth of the Thames. So numerous did they find Ngatimaru, and the Totara 
so strong, that, hesitating to attack, they affected to be amicably disposed, and 
were received into the pa for the purposes of trade and barter. Towards 
evening Ngapuhi retired, and it is very remarkable—as indicating that man, 
in his most ignorant and savage state, is not unvisited by compunctions of 
conscience—that an old chief of the Ngapuhi lingered, and going out of the 
gate behind his comrades, dropped the friendly caution ‘hia tupato.’ That 
night, however, the Totara was taken; and, it is said, 1,000 Ngatimarus 
perished. Rauroha was slain, and Urimahia, his daughter, was carried 
captive to the Bay of Islands, where she remained several years. This 
calamity, while it weakened Ngatimaru, encouraged Te Waharoa. 
In 1822, Hongi again appeared, and sailing up the Tamaki, attacked and 
carried two pas which were situated together, on part of the site now 
occupied by the village of Panmure. Many of the inhabitants were slaugh- 
tered, and some escaped. I would here observe that these two pas, Mauinena 
and Makoia, had no connection with the immense pa which evidently at some 
time flourished on Mount Wellington, and which, with the traces of a very 
