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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 tlw 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 Eauparaha 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 Ngatiawa 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 

 w^as 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 j and that, although their power 

 had been greatly shaken during the previous raid, he could scarcely hope to 

 occupy their territory without further resistance. It 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 



