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the NgapuM chiefs^ — Te Wherowliero, 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. ISTor 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 afiected 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 un visited 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 



