Ngapuhi ki reira, a tae atu ki nga pa katoa, tae atu ki Ohaeawai. Na kei reira tetahi wahi whenua e korerongia ana ko te wai whariki a Ahurei. Ko te awa i peka ai a Ahurei. Ka hoki mai ratou i tenei pakanga ka mate a Ngapuhi i a Ngati-Maru. Tae mai ki Mokau ka noho. Ka mea a Ahurei ki a Waipu, ‘E Waipu nou ranei te toa, noku ranei?’ Ka mea a Waipu, ‘A, naku ano ra te mataika’. Ko tenei mea ko te mataika he tangata tuatahi ki te mate. Na Waipu te tangata tuatahi. ‘Mehemea e ki ana koe nou te toa, a me hoki mai ra koe, ki konei taua whakamatautau ai kia kitea ai tou toa’. Ka hoki a Ngati-Maru, ara te rangatira nei a Ahurei. Tae atu ki a Ngati-Maru kia metia he tangata tini ano. Tae mai ki konei ka mea ia ki tana whakaaro ka mate i a ia nga pa o Waipu e tutu haere nei. Na ka mea a Waipu, ‘A, a pai ana. Kua oti ke tena mea te whakarite’. Katahi ka haere te iwi nei ki te whawhai i tetahi pa kei te awa tonu o Mokau. Ko te ingoa o taua pa ko Mahingutu. Na turia i te ata. A, tu tonu te ra katahi ano ka mate nga tangata tokorua o Ngati-Maru. Ka whakatauki a Ngati-Maru. ‘I te ata e pai ana te haere. Haere ka tu tonu te ra! Ko Hikihiki ko te pa o te hanga nei, ko te maiora te ekeria.’ Na ka mea a Waipu, ‘Haere e hoki. Kauaka e haere ki nga pa o konei. Ka mate koutou.’ A ka haere ratou ki te whawhai. Ka tae mai ki Pihoi. Ka pakanga ki konei. Ka mate ano etahi a Ngati-Maru. Ko nga mea i mate i takahia ki roto ki te repo. Ko nga mea i ora i oma mai i runga i o ratou waka. Ka ngaro atu ratou. Ka noho ko Waipu te toa. So Ahurei turned to Waipare, and he went there to fight. Ngapuhi fought here, then Ahurei went from there to Opua. Waipu then went and guided the canoe to the river of Waipare. The name of Waipu's canoe was Whenuaroa. Ngapuhi crossed over to there and went to all the pas right up to Ohaeawai. There is a certain place there, some land, said to be ‘The Water where Ahurei was laid as a mat.’ It was the river which Ahurei crossed. When they returned from this battle Ngapuhi was defeated by Ngatimaru. On Ngatimaru's arrival at Mokau they sat down. Ahurei said to Waipu, ‘Was the bravery yours or mine?’ And Waipu replied, ‘Ah! To my honour alone was the first victim.’ This thing, the Mataika is the first victim to be slain. Waipu's was the first victim. ‘If you say the bravery was yours you had better return here to test it, to find out how courageous you were.’ Ngatimaru went back, that is, the party with Ahurei and his warriors, to get some more men. When they returned reinforced Ahurei ordered a man to be sent to the bush as a survivor. He thought he could conquer Waipu's pas standing about. Then Waipu said, ‘Ah, that is good; that has already been decided.’ The tribe then went and fought a pa at the very river of Mokau. The name of the pa was Mahinguru. The battle took place in the morning. The sun stood still until two of Ngatimaru's men were killed. Thus Ngatimaru said, ‘While it was morning the going was good. Then the sun stood still.’ To this Waipu replied, ‘Hikihiki is the pa of these people; it has fortifications dug around it. Go back. Do not come to the pa here. You will die.’ They went to battle at Pihoi. Some more of Ngatimaru died. Those that died were trodden into the swamp. Those that survived fled on their canoes. They disappeared. So Waipu remained the victor.

Triplet sons have been born to Mrs Hineawe Gladys Ferris, wife of Mr George Ferris, well-known in Hastings rugby circles. The day after the triplets were born, Mrs Ferris said she felt very well, and added that ‘George was too lost for words’. As a rugby-minded family, they already have plans for their family of eight boys. ‘A seven-a-side Rugby team and one emergency’, said Mrs Ferris. ⋆ ⋆ ⋆ A meeting house and cultural centre is to be built on a historic site in Mangere. Before Princess Te Puea Herangi died in 1958, she expressed a wish that a Maori centre should be built at Mangere, and the building will be known as the Te Puea Memorial Hall. The project is expected to cost about £16,500, and all of this amount has now been raised. A childhood dream came true for Miss Wai Te Purei, of Te Karaka, when she graduated this month as an N.A.C. air hostess. As N.A.C. does not accept girls under 20 for training as air hostesses, Miss Te Purei joined the Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service and stayed in the service for five years. Last October Miss Te Purei applied to N.A.C. for air hostess selection and was overjoyed to be chosen. Four weeks of lectures, followed by three weeks' air training and a three-month probationary course, ended in her graduation recently. Miss Te Purei is the third Maori air hostess to work with N.A.C.