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wlieu they had anchored, and their attention was fixed upon then* hnes, Tu 

 wiri roa bore down upon them and cut off their escape. Taken unawares 

 without their weapons the crew were easily overpowered and put to death, 

 anl all their companions on shore soon after shared their fate. 



Waitai. 



It does not appear that AVaitai, after separating himself from the main 

 body of Ngai Talm and fixing his residence in the south, was ever as 

 successful in his encounters with Ngatimamoe as those whom he deserted ; 

 whilst they made a clean sweep of their opponents diiving them steadily 

 down the coast before them, Waitai seems to have been content to x^lant 

 stations here and there amongst Ngatimamoe without attempting their 

 subjugation. We find him in alliance with Te Eangi tau neke, and joining 

 with him in expeditions against Te Kapuwai or Waitaha who were still 

 numerous inland. Thirty years after the conquest of the northern part of 

 the island, Ngatimamoe were still so strong in the south that they threatened 

 the existence of the Ngai Tahu settlements there. 



Amongst the most noted chiefs who followed in Waitaha's wake was Te 

 Wera, who for a time occupied a strong position at the mouth of the 

 Waikouaiti river. He is more distinguished for his achievements against 

 his own tribe in the south than against the common enemy. He finally 

 settled at Rakiura, where he lived principally on seal's flesh and grew very 

 fat. At the "Neck" a place called "the Fright of Te Wera" is pointed out 

 where his first encounter with a seal took place ; when he confessed that he, 

 who never knew what fear was in any battle with men, felt terrified then. 

 On his death-bed he advised his family to return to the main laud, " that 

 they might lie on a fragrant bed, and not on a stinking one like his." An 

 oven in his estimation being preferable to a grave." 

 Wharau nga pu raho nui. 



We now enter on the second period of the Ngai Tahu occupation, the 

 first having closed with the fall of Pakihi and the dispersion of its 

 inhabitants. The invaders now held entne possession of the country 

 from Wairau southwards as far as Wailiora, and occupied fortified pas 

 here and there throughout the Ngatimamoe country as far south as 

 Eakiura. 



The second period opens with the arrival, about the year 1727, of a 

 party of young chiefs at Kaiapoi, known as the Wharaunga puraho nui, or 

 colonising noblemen, consisting of the sons of the principal Ngai Tahu 

 chiefs, some of whom had been brought up in the other island by then 

 Kahununu relations. Amongst them were the sons of Turakautahi. This 

 chief had selected Kaiapoi as his residence, where he established a reputation 

 for hospitality — a virtue which on his death-bed he enjoined his posterity to 

 continue for ever the practice of. 



