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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 63

Statement front a principal Chief of Ngatiraukawa

Statement front a principal Chief of Ngatiraukawa.

"When Ngatiraukawa arrived at Kapiti to Te Rauparaha, the word went forth from Te Rauparaha to Ngatiraukawa, that all the weeds must be exterminated from off his field.

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What caused Te Rauparaha to say this was his (people) having been murdered at Ohau, at Waikanae, and at Pukerua. After these murders all these tribes assembled; Ngarauru, Whanganui, Ngatiapa, Rangitane, Muaupoko, Ngatikahungunu, Rangitane, from the Middle Island, and Ngatikuia; all these tribes came to kill Te Rauparaha, at Kapiti. Ngatitoa, and Rauparaha defeated these tribes. A woman caught their chiefs, that woman's name was Hinewairoro.

Therefore, Te Rauparaha said all these tribes must be destroyed. The word of Whatanui went forth. "No, let them live; leave them as servants for Ngatiraukawa." That was the word that protected these tribes against Te Rauparaha and his tribes,

Ihakara Tukumaru,

Of the Patukohuru, Hapu of Ngatiraukawa.