History and traditions of the Maoris of the west coast, North Island of New Zealand prior to 1840 . fo/< HISTORY AND TRADITIONS OF THE TARANAKI COAST. 187 peoples names are not of much interest to the general reader, but as Ihave those of many of the chief people who formerly occupiedKaraka-tonga, and some of whom were engaged in the wars betweenTaranaki and Ati-Awa, I preserve them here, as they may be ofinterest hereafter:— Ha-nui Ka-ru-te-whenua Tahu-rangi Make-tuhi Ha-roa Kau-nguha Manawa-ka Manawa-tare Ha-ruku-pori Kau-papa Awhi-papa Make-hana Tara-moana Tira-haere Rua
History and traditions of the Maoris of the west coast, North Island of New Zealand prior to 1840 . fo/< HISTORY AND TRADITIONS OF THE TARANAKI COAST. 187 peoples names are not of much interest to the general reader, but as Ihave those of many of the chief people who formerly occupiedKaraka-tonga, and some of whom were engaged in the wars betweenTaranaki and Ati-Awa, I preserve them here, as they may be ofinterest hereafter:— Ha-nui Ka-ru-te-whenua Tahu-rangi Make-tuhi Ha-roa Kau-nguha Manawa-ka Manawa-tare Ha-ruku-pori Kau-papa Awhi-papa Make-hana Tara-moana Tira-haere Rua-tara-rauihi Make-taua Awhi-papa, the only one of these people we have the descent from,would be born somewhere about the year 1380, or the end of thefourteenth century, and the fight I am about to refer to must haveoccurred when he was of some age—say between the years 1410 and1420. KURUKURU-MAIIE FIGHT. {Circa 1420.)It would appear that the Ati-Awa j)oople had objected to theTaranaki tribe occupying Karaka-tonga, as they claimed that countryright up to the top of the mountain. How long this objection h
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