Tales from the Holocaust - Maori Wars of the Nineteenth Century: Patu-one, Tu-whare and Te Rau-paraha’s Expedition, 1819–20

This expedition was undertaken by the Nga-Puhi tribes of Hokianga—none of the Nga-Puhi proper of the east coast joining in it–together with many of the principal chiefs of Te Roroa, a tribe, as has been shown, equally related to Nga-Puhi and to Ngati-Whatua, and whose residence is principally to the south of Hokianga Heads, and extending thence to Kaihu on the Wairoa River, Kaipara. In this expedition we find these ancient enemies combining to make war on others.

“So we dwelt some time at our homes in Lower Hokianga, until after a while, we again felt a desire for man’s flesh, and the idea was conceived that we should go on a campaign against the tribes of the south. We accordingly page 98 assembled together and arranged with Hongi Hika to form an army to avenge the deaths of some of our people who had been killed by the Southern tribes on the occasion of a journey they made to procure mats in exchange for their Maori weapons. Nga-Puhi assembled at the mouth of Hokianga on the beach at Omapere, and then proceeded to offer incantations to Niua and Pou-ahi, and also to Arai-te-uru, to propitiate the spirits of those sacred places.
http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-SmiMaor-t1-body-d15.html

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