1790.— Fight Between Te Taou and Ngatipaoa.

The prognostication of the Waikato sages was soon fulfilled. A party of the Ngaoho were at Mahurangi fishing for sharks, and at the same time a party of Ngatipaoa were there similarly engaged. Either to balance some old "utu" account, or to commence a new one, the Ngatipaoa party set upon the Ngaoho and killed great numbers of page 67them, amongst whom was Tarahawaiki, the son of Tuperiri and father of Apihai.