1792.

A year or two afterwards, a battle took place between the two parties at Rangimatariki, near the Whau, in which Ngatipaoa were defeated with heavy loss: "You may see hangis (ovens) to this day," says Tamati Tangiteruru. Apihai says that this engagement was to avenge the deaths at Mahurangi, but this can scarcely be, for Ngatipaoa appears to have been the attacking party.