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| 37 | <Content><h2>Assembly Ground of Parawhau Tribe</h2><p><span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'&quot;><font color=&quot;#000000&quot;>In a little bay of land near where the Nurses' Home of the <em>Whangarei </em>Base Hospital is now situated, was the assembly ground of the <em>Parawhau </em>tribe. This was the important gathering place where the chiefs were selected, and where they prepared for battle - making decisions as to their plans of attack and practicing their <em>haka.</em></font></span></p><p><span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'&quot;><font color=&quot;#000000&quot;>The <em>haka </em>was a significant part of an attack, and was usually performed in some convenient <span style=&quot;letter-spacing: 0.3pt&quot;>position at the foot of a <em>pa </em>that was being raided, just before an assault was made. A <em>haka </em></span>served two purposes - firstly to stir up the lust for battle and intensify the desire for revenge, and <span style=&quot;letter-spacing: 0.3pt&quot;>secondly to put the fear of death into the hearts of the defenders. So the practicing of their </span>actions and battle cries was of great importance to the warriors.</font></span></p><p><span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'&quot;><font color=&quot;#000000&quot;>Just alongside the assembly ground and around the area now known as Silverstream, were some of the <em>Parawhau's </em>ancient places of residence, which were still occupied when the first <em>Pakeha, </em>William Carruth, settled in <em>Whangarei </em>in 1839.</font></span></p><p><font color=&quot;#000000&quot;><em><span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'&quot;>Kirikiri </span></em><span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'&quot;>Stream runs through this area, right back to the foot of the hills, which were then covered with dense bush, and when the <em>Parawhau </em>warriors returned from their wars, they used to drag <span style=&quot;letter-spacing: 0.2pt&quot;>their canoes up this creek which was much deeper than it is now, and hide them in tile bush </span>until required for their next battle.</span></font></p><p><font color=&quot;#000000&quot;></font><span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'&quot;><font color=&quot;#000000&quot;>Near this spot was a secret <em>torere, </em>or cave, where the <em>Parawhau </em>used to keep their valuable possessions safe from the eyes of marauding tribes. Along the ridge running from the hospital to Black Quarry up to <em>Puriri </em>Park Road was the fortified area, where the women and children were hidden in times of attack while the men did battle with the enemy.</font></span></p><p><font color=&quot;#000000&quot;><span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; letter-spacing: 0.05pt&quot;>Before the site of the present <em>Whangarei </em>Base Hospital was bought from George Clark-Walker </span><span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'&quot;>in 1898, it had, of course, belonged to the <em>Maoris, </em>and he had negotiated for its purchase with the leading chiefs who included <em>Taurau, Tito </em>and <em>Whareumu.</em></span></font></p><p><font color=&quot;#000000&quot;></font><span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'&quot;><font color=&quot;#000000&quot;>The chiefs' decision to sell was one involving long and earnest discussions lasting many days and nights, for on this site was their sacred <em>wahitapu, </em>where the precious bones of their ancestors lay.</font></span> </p><p style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0cm&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;><span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'&quot;><font color=&quot;#000000&quot;>Eventually, they decided that they would sell but not until all ceremonial rites had been observed and they had transferred the bones of their <em>tupuna </em>to the <em>Ruarangi </em>Caves. Although the <em>tapu </em>was lifted from the site, even in comparatively recent times, no <em>Maori </em>would go to the original TB Shelter because it was built on a <em>wahitapu. </em></font></span></p><p style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0cm&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;><span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'&quot;><font color=&quot;#000000&quot;>Â </font></span><span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'&quot;><font color=&quot;#000000&quot;>When Wilsons Portland Cement bought the <em>Ruarangi </em>Caves 1965, the bones were again removed to another burial site.</font></span></p><p style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0cm&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;><span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'&quot;><font color=&quot;#000000&quot;><strong>Reference: Florence Keene, <em>Tai Tokerau</em>, Northland Room, Whangarei Library</strong></font></span></p></Content>
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