Ngati-Whare.

This tribe occupies the upper part [unclear: the] Whirinaki Valley, generally [unclear: own] as Te tiora-iti. The principal [unclear: nga] is Te Murumurutiga at Te [unclear: aiti]-nui-a-Toi. This district was [unclear: led] in very early times by the pre-[unclear: ori] aborigines who had several pas [unclear: Te] Whaitiand in the valley of the [unclear: he] a tributary of the Whirinaki, [unclear: n] attacked by Whare-pakau some generations ago. Ngati-wbare are [unclear: nded] from Whare-pakau and in the hapus of Ngati-Hamua, [unclear: ai]Te Karaha. Ngati-Mahanga, [unclear: ati] Kohiwi, Ngati-Warahoe, Ngati-[unclear: pe] and Ngati-Whare-ki-Ngai-te-ao. [unclear: re] are many old fortified places at [unclear: Whati] and Okahu, telling of many [unclear: guinary] struggle in past times.