A History of the Ngati-Wai by Morore Piripi This is the second instalment of a history on the Ngati Wai recorded on tape by Morore Kaupeka Piripi. The history of Manaia, ancestor of the Ngati Wai, is continued here. The first ancestor of Ngapuhi, Puhimoanariki, travelled along the Ngati Wai coastline on the way from Whakatane northwards in the canoe Mataatua. He is responsible for the naming of many features along the coast, discussed in this text. Morore Piripi also relates that Manaia met Puhimoanariki at Te Whara. Genealogies suggest they may in fact have lived at about the same time. It will be difficult for readers to reconcile this meeting with the battle between Manaia and thes Ngapuhi tribe, related in our last issue. This battle, which took place at Mimiwhangata, is of great historic importance to Ngati Wai, as it explains how this tribe became scattered, and it shows its uncomfortable relationship to Ngapuhi—as a smaller though still independent neighbour. Still, how can Manaia have fought a tribe whose distant ancestor was just about to pass along the coast? The answer is not easy to give. The only consolation to literal minded people is that genealogies do in fact refer to a Manaia Tuarua, a descendant of Manaia who lived some generations later. Perhaps it was he who fought the battle at Mimiwhangata.—E.G.S. Te Pakangatanga o Manaia ki a Ngapuhi i Te Rearea I te pakanga o Manaia ki a Ngapuhi i Mimiwhangata ko Te Raerea te ingoa o te pa o Manaia. Ko etahi o nga pa o Manaia ko Tarapata, Ko Kaituna. Ko enei pa he pa kaha no Manaia. Ka tukua atu e Ngapuhi te karere kei te haere atu ratou ki te ngaki i te mate o Te Waero, ka whakatauku mai a Manaia: ‘Ka whiti mai ra koe i te wai o Te Rearea, ka nui tena.’ Ka tae mai a Ngapuhi ki Mokau ka whakatakotoria e Ngapuhi a ratou whakaaro mo te kokiritanga i nga pa o Manaia. Ko Ngapuhi ki Tarapata, ko Te Rangitamaua ki te whawhai i te wai o Te Rearea. Ka haere atu a te Rangitamaua ma uta ki Te Rearea. Ka mea ia kia poko mai nga hihi o te ata ka whakaeke atu ai ki Te Rearea. Hei kona a Ngapuhi ka whakaeke ai ki Tarapata, na ki KAITUNA hoki. Na ka haere te ope o Te Rangitamaua, e whitu te kau te ope, ka tae ki te pa o te Rearea. Ka toko nga hihi o te ata ka mea a Te Rangitamaua kia whakaekengia e ratou te pa. Na ka pikitia e ratou te pa, ka eke ki runga ka mea atu a Te Rangitamaua: ‘Ki te tae koutou ki roto me hamahama nga The Battle of Manaia, Te Rangitamaua and Ngapuhi at Te Rearea When Manaia fought Ngapuhi at Mimiwhangata his pa was Te Rearea. One of the other pas was Tarapata, another was Kaituna. These pas were the fortified pas of Manaia. A messenger was spent to tell Manaia that Ngapuhi was coming to seek revenge for the murder of Te Waero. And Manaia replied in proverb, ‘If you cross the water of Te Rearea That will be enough.’ When Ngapuhi reached Mokau the tribe worked out a plan of attack. Ngapuhi was to attack Tarapata and Te Rangitamaua was to attempt the river of Te Rearea. Rangitamaua decided that he would approach Te Rerea by an overland route. When the fires of the day had died he would cross the river to Te Rearea. While this was happening Ngapuhi would attack Tarapata, and Kaituna also. So Rangitamaua and his party of seventy went forth. They took an overland route; first without hiding themselves, and then for a while under cover as they went along the ridge of the hill, till they reached the pa of Te Rearea. When the fires of the day were extinguished Rangitamaua signalled to his men to scale the pa. They scaled