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 | | Te Rangihaeata agreed that Ngati Apa should remain unmolested on their land and left Te Pikinga for a period at Rangitikei as 'he pou rohe', the embodiment of his authority, or mainstay, within the region. |
 | | Also about the year 1824, the Ngati Ira family of Tamairangi were captured by Ngati Mutunga at Ohariu; Tamairangi, believing she was about to be killed, sang a lament so haunting that Te Rangihaeata, who was visiting Ngati Mutunga, was moved to extend his protection to the family, taking them with him to Kapiti Island. |
 | | Ngati Rangatahi, originally from Wanganui, had assisted Ngati Toa in their years of struggle, and had been granted rights of occupation in the Hutt in return for gifts of tribute, birds and other produce. |
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