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Fig. 1. Location map showing the position of Poor Hill and the positions of nearby 
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P5/ 196,197,198 Tapahuarau, P5/206 Ruahoanga, P5/209(1) & (11) and P5/210 Kaiaia 
or Te Tou-o-Roro; P5/227 Poor Hill (Ngaungau); P5/230 Nga Puke-pango; P5/244 
Pahangahanga; P5/294 Taka-poruruku. 
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purchased by Mr Williams of Te Morenga: on the east by land purchased by Mr Davis 
of Kahia and friends.” The position of site P5/227 conforms very closely to this 
description although there are two ridge pa(P5/210 and P5/209) nearby, to the west 
(Fig. 1) that could also be contenders for the name. The site record forms tentatively 
give the name Kaiaia or Te Tou o Roro to these sites. Site P5/227 is, in contrast, 
included within the Old Land Claim 4 of the Reverend R, Davis (J. Lee MS). I have 
therefore provisionally accepted that the site P5/227 is Ngaungau pa. 
Traditionally Ngaungau was a named pa associated with the defeat of the Ngati 
Pou by the Ngapuhi in the mid to late eighteenth century (Lee 1983:151). Sissons er al. 
(1987:108) say that “.. . the Ngati Hineira lived north of this place [Rua Hoanga pa, 
P5/206] having captured Ngaungau pa during the conquest of Te Waimate.” They 
point out that dating traditional evidence is difficult but genealogies suggest that the 
conquest of Waimate may have taken place in the 1770s (1987:146). Although there is 
no direct evidence, it is possible that the area was resettled by the Ngati Hineira after 
the defeat of the Ngati Pou. 
