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Mythology of 
In the last Kororarika war which happened, in 1839, 
there were several skirmishes: what number were killed 
I cannot say, but probably above 100. 
Others were fought, of which my informant has a very 
imperfect knowledge, and which I shall only mention. 
Hongi, and a great savage whose name was Koikoi, 
fought a battle with another tribe of Ngapuhis, who 
were their relatives : two hundred fell; there is only one 
family living to my knowledge. This was fought before 
any muskets were in the country. Another battle was 
fought between Hongi and a large party of Hokianga 
who w f ere in a pa ; the pa had one musket, and Hongi had 
a musket: but the pa w T as completely routed, and nearly 
one hundred are said to have been slain. At another 
time, Koikoi went against a party in Hokianga, and the 
pa to which he was going came to his pa at the same time : 
each party found only w omen at home ; about one hundred 
in each are said to have been killed. A desperate battle 
is stated to have been fought between Hongi and the 
Ngatipo (the natives of Wangaroa, who w r ere overthrown 
when Hongi w r as w f ounded): the Ngatipo came to Waimati 
and attacked Hongi; but w r ere repulsed. How many 
are supposed to have fallen, I cannot ascertain. Subse¬ 
quently to this, another desperate battle w r as fought 
between Hongi, who was joined by the Hokianga natives, 
and the Ngatipo, who w r ere joined by the Kararua tribe : 
the two armies met a little to the southward of Wanjra- 
roa, in the open field; this is represented as being a 
very bloody battle indeed. The loss on the side of the 
Ngatipo w*as so great that that tribe never ventured to 
attack the Ngapuhis again. The number stated to have 
fallen must at least have been 300. This took place 
about thirty years ago. Another battle was fought by the 
Waimati party with the Kawakawa party, at Taiamai, 
called the Mataparawera, from the circumstance of its 
