The Story of Ponga and Puhihuia Ponga Raua Ko Puhihuia I nga ra o nehe noa atu, i te wa e nui ana taua iwi nei, a Ngati-Kahukoka, i te akau atu ano o te puaha o Manukau, a, tae noa ki te wahapu o te awa o Waikato, i taua wa, he iwi nui, a he iwi toa a Ngati Kahukoka. I aua wa, he nui o ratou pa, he pa noho i te pukepuke etahi, a, ko etahi he mea noho-a-kaupapa i roto i te repo i nga roto ano hoki; ko etahi o aua pa i nohoia nei, he mea hanga i roto i nga roto i te ara haere atu i Waiuku ki Te Maioro, a, ko te tino pa tupu o taua iwi i tu ki te puke i Puketapu, i Titi; he pa noho tuawhenua aua pa nei; ko nga pa noho hi mataitai, i tu era ki Awhitu, a, ki Tipitai i te wahapu o Manukau. Ko etahi hapu o taua iwi nei i noho i nga pa i te pito ki uta ki Waiuku ahu atu ki Te Whakaupoko, ki Titi, ki Te Awaroa. He pa ano no ratou i te wahapu o Te Awaroa, i te taha ki te awa o Waikato; he pukepuke nei taua wahi i roto i te uru koroi i te repo i te taha katau, ana anga mai te waka i te awa o Waikato, a, ahu mai ki roto ki Te Awaroa, ko taua pa nei, he pa noho mo te hunga hi tuna, a, i enei ra, kua waiho taua wahi hei urupa mo nga tupapuku, a, e kiia ana kei reira a Pouate, a Papaka, a Te Niho ma e nehu ana. Heoi ra, he korero tenei mo te hapu i noho i Awhitu, a, i Tipitai. I aua ra o mua, he whawhai tonu te mahi a te iwi ano o Tainui i noho i Maungawhau ki era ano o Tainui i noho i Awhitu; te take i nui ai taua whaiwhai nei, he whakatete ki nga tauranga ika, me nga tauranga mango i waho ake o Puponga. Ko Ngati-Kahukoka e mea ana na ratou taua wahi moana, a, ko Ngaiwi, ara, ko te hapu e noho ana i Maungawhau e mea ana na ratou taua moana; a, ka haere te ope hi a Nga-iwi, ka huakina e nga waka o Ngati-Kahukoka, ka haere nga waka o In the ancient days the Ngati-Kahukoka were a brave and numerous tribe who occupied the district from the entrance of the Manukau to the entrance of the Waikato River. They occupied many pas, some of which were on the tops of hills; others were built on platforms erected in the lakes and swamps between Waiuku and Maioro. But their main home was on the inland hills Puketapu and Titi, and the pas occupied by those who caught fish for the tribe were at Awhitu and Tipitai, near the entrance of the Manukau. Some of this tribe occupied pas inland of Waiuku, at Te Whakaupoko, Titi, and Te Awaroa. At Te Awaroa the pa was situated on a hill in the middle of a koroi forest in a swamp, to the east as you go from the Waikato River up the Awaroa Creek to Waiuku. This was usually occupied by those who caught eels for the tribe, but now it is used as a burial-place for the illustrious dead, where it is said Pouate, Papaka, and Teniho, progenitors of the Ngati-teata tribe, are buried. This story concerns the tribes which lived at Awhitu and Tipitai. In ancient times the tribes which were descended from those who came over in the canoe Tainui, and which occupied Maungawhau, Mount Eden and Awhitu, were continually fighting with each other. These battles had their origin in disputes about fishing grounds in the Manukau Harbour, and fishing-grounds for shark off Puponga. The Ngati-Kahukoka tribe claimed these fishing-grounds, and the Nga-iwi tribe, who occupied Mount Eden, also claimed them, because of their position as the senior family of the tribe. When the Mount Eden people went fishing they were attacked by the Awhitu people, and the Awhitu people were attacked by those of Mount Eden whenever they went fishing; in those fights many on both sides were killed, so that each tribe continued to feel a hatred towards the other. Sometimes they would listen to their old