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Kakatarahae, the flat hill in the background, was once occupied by Ueimua, Tuhoe's elder brother, but after the famous battle in which Ueimua was killed and Tuhoe ate his heart, Kakatarahae became Tuhoe's pa and the birthplace of the Tuhoe tribe. K. Tumoana, settler on the new development scheme, who is also an authority on the history of the area and pointed out to us, with reference to Elsdon Best's map, where Kakatarahae is and where Te Putiki, Tuhoe's previous pa was. Owhakatoro, the settlement at the foot of Kakatarahae, is part of a Maori development scheme. Four dairy farmers have recently been settled on it and the photo below shows the milking shed of one of them, Mr K. Tumoana.