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5. A maunga whakahihi Kei te tai marangai O Rakaumangamanga Manaia e Kei te taihauauru Maungataniwha O Whakatere e Ngapuhi e i. 6. Te tarai o Rahiri I anga to ra Ki Whiria, Pakiaka-o-te-Riri Whakarongorua e Panguru ko Papata Ramaroa ka huri Ki Rakaumangamanga Ngapuhi e i. He Korero mo Ngati-maru Ka haere nga iwi o Kaingaroa (tenei wahi kei te takiwa o Kerikeri). Na ka mate a Ngati-Maru ka haere a Ngati-Maru. I roto i te ropu nei a Ahurei te rangatira o tenei roopu haere. Ka tae mai ratou ki Mokau ki te wahi i noho ai a Waipu. Ko Waipu he uri ia no Te Arai. I puta a ia i roto i nga tipuna o Ngapuhi nei, i a Te Rarau. He uri a Te Arai no Ngati-Maru. Ka noho a Ngati-Maru i Mokau. Ko nga pa o Waipu kei tenei whenua, tuatahi ko Maurea (ko Ngawai te wahi i tu ai tenei pa, ko Otamapani kei reira ano), ko Pukehune kei ko mai, ko Mataitaua kei te tata mai ano, a ko Poutu-Ki-Te-Rangi, ko Mahingutu, ko Motukehua, ko Arai-Te-Uri, ko Te-Pua-O-Tamaroa, ko Te Pau, ko Okiore, ko Kopuawhakawiri, ko Matamangumangu, ko Pihoi, ko Opaki, ko Tokitoki, ko Whakawehia, ko Pukapuka. Ko nga pa enei i noho ai nga iwi o Waipu. Ka tae mai a Ngati-Maru ka awhinatia a Ngati-Maru e Waipu ki te haere ki te pakanga ki a Kaingaroa. Ka haere ratou. Tae atu ratou ki Tapeka ara (Kororareka te ingoa nui o tera wahi) ka tutaki ratou ki etahi rangatira. Ko Tara te ingoa o te tangata nei. Ka patai a Ahurei kei hea tenei wahi tenei whenua hoki o Kaingaroa. Ka whakautua mai e Tara, ‘Hei aha a Kaingaroa, he purupuru he taka. Ka pa tau ko ahau, ko te tama ata purupuru marika ko te angaanga titi iho, i te rangi rano. Takoto nei te awa o te rangatira ki Waihare’. Na na huri a Ahurei ki reira. Ka haere ki reira ki te pakanga ki reira. Pakangatia atu a Ngapuhi ki konei. Ka haere atu a Ahurei i kona tae atu ki Opua. Ka haere a Waipu ka arahia te waka ki te awa o Waikare. Ko te waka o Waipu ko Whenuaroa te ingoa. Na ka whawhaitia a 4. I look down At the taitokerau At Taeamai and Hokianga O The foundation Of your power Ngapuhi From Hawaiki comes Handed down. 5. Your mountains of pride On the eastern side Of Rakaumangamanga Manaia O On the western side Maungataniwha And Whakatere Ngapuhi e i. 6. Tarai-o-Rahiri Pihanga-tohora Whiria and Pakiaka-o-te-Riri Listen twice Panguru then Papata Ramaroa then turned To Rakaumangamanga Ngapuhi e i. (Song for giving time to paddlers of canoes) A Story of Ngati-Maru The people of Kaingaroa journeyed forth (this place is in the vicinity of Kerikeri). When Ngati-Maru died, Ngati-Maru went on a journey. The party contained Ahurei, a chief of that tribe. They arrived at Mokau where Waipu was staying. Waipu was a descendant of Te Arai. He came from the ancestors of Ngapuhi and therefore from Te Rarau. Te Arai (Te Rarau's mother) was a descendant of Ngati-Maru, so Ngati-Maru stayed at Mokau. The pas of Waipu in this area were in order of importance, Mayrea (Ngawai was the name of the place where this pa stood. Otamapani is there also), then Pukehune, which is further away, then Mataitaua which was a little further away, then Poutukiterangi, Mahingutu, Motukehua, Arai-Te-Uri, Te-Pua-O-Tamaroa, Te Pau, Okiore, Kopuawhakawiri, Matamangumangu, Pihoi, Opaki, Tokitoki, Whakawehia, and Pukapnuka. These were the pas where Waipu's people lived. When Ngatimaru arrived Waipu assisted them in their battle against Kaingaroa. So they went, turned from this battle Ngapuhi was defeated On their arrival at Tapeka (Kororareka is the big name for this place) they met a chief. Tara was the name of this person. Ahurei asked him where this land of Kaingaro was and Tara replied, ‘Never mind about Kaingaroa–—a plug that does not fit. Look at me, a humble fellow I am, but my head is a plug that will fit very well indeed, for it descends from heaven itself. The pathway of the chief now lies to Waipare.’

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