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the migrators from a large and powerful tribe who had 
dwelt on the banks of a lake called Taupo, far in the 
interior. These immigrants, who consisted of the JVga- 
titahi and PatutoJcoto tribes, had first compelled a ces- 
sion of territory from the aborigines, and finally amal- 
gamated with them in a friendly way; both uniting 
under the generic name of the TVanganui tribes. The 
Ngatiapa, Rangitane, and Muopoko occupied the suc- 
ceeding coast as far as Kapiti, and also shared the 
southern shores of Cook's Strait with the Ngahitau who 
inhabited Cloudy Bay and Queen Charlotte's Sound, 
A branch of the numerous Ngatikahvhunu tribes occu- 
pied the neighbourhood oiTf^anganui-a-te-ra, or "Large 
" Bay towards the Sun," as Port Nicholson was called, 
in contra-distinction to TVanganui (Port Underwood) in 
Cloudy Bay.* 
The invading party consisted of the Ngatitoa, Nga- 
titama, and N gatimutunga tribes, led by their respective 
head men ; and was directed in chief by Rauperaha 
and Te PeJii. Rangihaeata, or " Sky jealous of the 
" Dawn," was another leading chief of the Ngatitoa, 
and had acquired another name, Mokau, from some 
exploit or defeat at a river of that name south of 
Kawia. E Mare was at the head of the N gatimu- 
tunga ; and our friend " Dog's-ear" and some others 
led the Ngatitama. 
It is related that the invaders possessed but few fire- 
arms ; and the success with which they overcame the re- 
sistance of their opponents, who far exceeded them in 
number, seems to have been owing rather to their 
having become well inured to war during their struggles 
with the Tf^aikato and other northern tribes, and to 
the consequent elevation among them of a few ex- 
* Wanga is a " mouth " or " opening ;" nui^ " large." Tlius 
many rivers and harbours have this common name. 
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