Ngati-Apa.

This tribe is descended from [unclear: A] koki who slew many of the [unclear: orig] people of the land, at Pekepeke [unclear: a] elsewhere. Apa-koki [unclear: received] name from having been [unclear: cripp] by the kick of a moa at [unclear: Puta] (Mt. Edgecumbe.) The principal [unclear: h] are Ngati-Hineuru who are the [unclear: t] of Ngati Apa and live at [unclear: Tarawra] the Napier Taupo road. [unclear: Hin] married Tokowaru, hence the [unclear: k] [unclear: Tokowaru] of Galatea. Also the [unclear: Ng] Tu-reia and Ngai-Takapu [unclear: man] hapus.

In ancient times a division of [unclear: Np] Apa went to Taupo and lived [unclear: t] some time.. They fought the [unclear: Ng] Tu wharetoa of that place and [unclear: wh] defeated and driven away to [unclear: Ru] tikei, their leaders being Te [unclear: Where] kahu and Tumahoka. These [unclear: pe] were known as Te Apa-o-[unclear: Rangapl] Their descendants still [unclear: reside] Rangitikei and claim descent [unclear: f] Apa-Hapai-taketake, though the [unclear: W] rinaki people say that he and [unclear: p] koki were one and the [unclear: same] pa-koki was descended from [unclear: M] of Te Arawa. Ngati-Apa [unclear: orig] came from Putauaki but have [unclear: long] sided in the Whirinaki and [unclear: Ra] taiki Vallies. They held [unclear: the] fighting pas Te Rourou, [unclear: Op] Para-kakariki and Tutu-tarata, [unclear: M] were a fighting tribe but not [unclear: very] merous and suffered some [unclear: seven] feats in the old wars with [unclear: Tube] other tribes. The Whirinaki [unclear: d] now live among the Ngati-[unclear: Ma]^*