80 Tramactions, — Miscellaneous. 



Eangitauneke was the first to liiui 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 Eangitauneke 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 retu-ed 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 i^roposal 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 follov.'ers, who, while employed fastening the side-boards of his canoe 

 preparatory to his departure, could not reh'ain 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 Eangi 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 



