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occasional disputes took place between these two tribes, they had always lived 
on terms of friendship, and usually made common cause against an enemy. 
But the Ngatimaniapoto were also, in a considerable degree, connected with 
the Waikato tribes, under the leadership of Te Wherowhero ; and Rauparaha, 
determined to make use of this double connection in order to establish a firm 
peace between himself and the great Waikato chief before he commenced his 
movements towards the south. Through the influence of Kukutai and Te 
Kanawa, with both of whom Te Rauparaha was on good terms, he succeeded, 
very soon after his return from the expedition under Waka and himself, in 
inducing Te Wherowhero to agree to a cessation of hostilities, whilst he also 
informed them of his intention to leave Kawhia, with his people, and promised 
to cede it to Te Wherowhero on his departure. The easy acquisition of so 
valuable a territory was naturally looked upon by this chief as a matter of 
great moment to his people, besides the even more important circumstance 
attaching to it, namely, that the removal of a powerful enemy would enable 
him to concentrate his forces along his eastern frontier, so as to keep in check 
the increasing power of Te Wahoroa, whom he dreaded, notwithstanding that 
an alliance then existed between them. The proposed peace was accordingly 
made, and Te Rauparaha and his people being thus as secure as could be 
expected against attack on the part of the Waikatos, and having made 
satisfactory arrangements with Ngatitama and N gatiawa for their passage 
through the territory of the latter, proceeded to make final preparations for 
departure. The principal point in this respect was the necessity of providing 
for a supply of food during the journey, which must obviously be a slow one 
on account of the aged, and of the women and children, whilst the distance 
was too great to be accomplished within a single season, and it was essential, 
therefore, to establish resting places where cultivations could be carried on in 
order to provide for the continuation of the march in the ensuing year. In 
the next place, Te Rauparaha knew that he could not conceal his intentions 
from the tribes whom he was about to invade ; and that, although their power 
had been greatly shaken during the previous raid, he could scarcely hope to 
occupy their territory without further resistance. Tt was, therefore, necessary 
to provide for the contingencies which the possibility of such resistance 
naturally involved, and this could only be done by a careful management and 
disposition of the forces under his command, and by securing the co-operation 
of some of his more immediate relatives and allies, Testing his foresight in 
all these matters by the ultimate success of his enterprise, we are entitled to 
believe that the arrangements he made were well calculated to ensure the safe 
accomplishment of his design ; and we know, at all events, that during the 
interval which took place between the peace with Te Wherowhero and the 
actual departure of himself and his people from Kawhia, Te Rauparaha took 
