Historic Reserve. A decision by the Native Land Court at ilawera that 90 acres of Maori land on the banks of the Kaupokonui River should be set aside as a native reserve has recalled a piece of history in which Whango, chief of the Ngntiti tribe, received a visit from Taraikamo with a war party from the north. The greeting was a grim one, with Taraikamo smiting Whango with his pntu and killing him. This led to a general battle, but the pa was successfully defended and Taraikamo was driven off. The site of this fight is that which has now been proclaimed a native reserve. Ten acres, originally part of this area, has been made a thoroughfare Io the beach close by,
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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 272, 12 August 1943, Page 6
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