1793.

Waikato, now closely related by intermarriage with Apihai's people begin to appear upon the scene, and, shortly after the above engagement, Te Taou, thinking they had not yet balanced the item in the utu account, caused by their losses at Mahurangi, called the Waikato tribes inhabiting the south shores of Manukau to their assistance, and together they crossed over to Waiheke to renew their attack on Ngatipaoa, but failed in meeting with the enemy. Re-crossing Tamaki straits, they were pursued by Ngatipaoa, and an engagement took place at Orohe, on the west shore of Tamaki river, in which Ngatipaoa were victorious, killing Te Tahuri, the giver of the fatal present of land, and Tomoaure, her husband and the paternal uncle of Apihai. One witness said that Rangimatoru, Kiwi's son, was killed at this battle, fighting amongst his father's conquerors. "This was the last fight of old days," and the debtor and creditor account of slain appears to have been finally left unbalanced. I will here briefly state, as too clear to require any remarks, that those contests between Ngatipaoa and Te Taou and Ngaoho were fights for revenge simply and purely, and were never contemplated to affect in any way the possession or title to the estate under investigation. At the time of this last fight, part of the Ngaoho and Te Taou were living at Hikurangi, beyond the Manukau ranges. Tuperiri, with a party, was still at Onetree Hill, and Tauoma was uninhabited. There is now a blank in the evidence for many years. Clearly no great events happened, which would cause persons to remember or detail the residences and doings of the actors in this history. It is probable that both sides were for some time suspicious and in fear of each other, and kept as far apart as possible.