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&lt;h2&gt;The Poor Knights Massacre&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p style=&amp;quot;margin: 6pt 3.6pt 6pt 0cm&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;MsoNormal&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&gt;Situated thirteen miles northeast of &lt;em&gt;Tutukaka &lt;/em&gt;on the east coast of Northland is a small group of islands which were named the Poor Knights by Captain Cook in 1769. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; letter-spacing: -0.05pt&amp;quot;&gt;Set like jewels in a clear, legend-whispering sea, are the two main islands, &lt;em&gt;Tawhiti Rahi &lt;/em&gt;and &lt;em&gt;Aorangi, &lt;/em&gt;surrounded by a cluster of islets, including &lt;em&gt;Aorangaia, Te Aaka, &lt;/em&gt;(Archway) and &lt;em&gt;Motu &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'&amp;quot;&gt;Kapiti. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'&amp;quot;&gt;Hidden in the rocky shorelines of the larger islands are huge deep-water caves, rich in the mysteries of &lt;em&gt;Tangaroa, &lt;/em&gt;the great god of the sea.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; letter-spacing: -0.05pt&amp;quot;&gt;Once these lovely islands were the home of &lt;em&gt;Te Tatua &lt;/em&gt;and his tribe, who lived on a &lt;em&gt;pa &lt;/em&gt;on &lt;em&gt;Aorangi. &lt;/em&gt;There came the day in 1823 when the great warlike chief &lt;em&gt;Hongi Hika, &lt;/em&gt;persuaded &lt;em&gt;Te Tatua &lt;/em&gt;to take his &lt;em&gt;taua &lt;/em&gt;to join him on a fighting expedition to the &lt;em&gt;Hauraki &lt;/em&gt;Gulf and the &lt;em&gt;Urewera &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'&amp;quot;&gt;country.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&gt;No sooner had the party left, than &lt;em&gt;Paha, &lt;/em&gt;a slave who had been in some trouble about a pig, and who was furious at the punishment that had been meted out to him, conceived a wicked plan.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&gt;Stealing a small canoe from &lt;em&gt;Aorangi, &lt;/em&gt;he paddled it to the mainland and then journeyed on to &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&amp;quot;letter-spacing: 0.45pt&amp;quot;&gt;Rangihoua &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style=&amp;quot;letter-spacing: 0.45pt&amp;quot;&gt;at the mouth of the Bay of Islands. As he travelled along, traitorous thoughts&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;ate into&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;his mind like maggots, getting bigger and bigger every hour.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; letter-spacing: 0.45pt&amp;quot;&gt;When he reached&lt;em&gt; Rangihoua, &lt;/em&gt;he incited the warriors there to attack the defenseless stronghold of&lt;em&gt; Te Tatua, &lt;/em&gt;promising them certain victory, saying, &amp;quot;Come, 0 warriors of&lt;em&gt; Rangihoua&lt;/em&gt;, the gates&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'&amp;quot;&gt;of victory are wide open at the islands of &lt;em&gt;Aorangi &lt;/em&gt;and &lt;em&gt;Tawhiti. &lt;/em&gt;Gone are all the warriors of Te &lt;em&gt;Tatua &lt;/em&gt;to the wars down the coast. Only women, children and old men remain. Now is your chance.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'&amp;quot;&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&gt;Excited by the thought of such an easy conquest, the chief, &lt;em&gt;Waikato &lt;/em&gt;made rapid preparations for the attack. He fitted out three large canoes with sails made from the canvas of the ship, Brampton, which had been wrecked in the Bay a few months before. Then the &lt;em&gt;taua &lt;/em&gt;set out for &lt;span&gt;the&lt;em&gt; pa &lt;/em&gt;of&lt;em&gt; Te Tatua &lt;/em&gt;on&lt;em&gt; Aorangi.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&gt;The deepening night hid their approach from the unsuspecting people on the islands, and it was easy for the traitor &lt;em&gt;Paha, &lt;/em&gt;to guide the attackers to a safe landing place. There followed a terrible massacre of the defenseless islanders.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&gt;When they found that the invaders had guns, islanders were panic-stricken, and rushed hither and thither, desperately seeking some safe spot in which to hide. But it was too late.&lt;sup&gt;.&lt;/sup&gt; Many of the islanders hurled themselves over the steep precipices into the sea and were drowned or dashed to pieces on the rocks below.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&gt;After this wholesale slaughter, the &lt;em&gt;Maoris &lt;/em&gt;from the Bay indulged in an orgy of feasting. They rested a while to recover from their gastronomic excesses, and then loaded their canoes with a &lt;span style=&amp;quot;letter-spacing: 0.45pt&amp;quot;&gt;number of captives and some of the remaining bodies in order to continue their&lt;em&gt; hakari &lt;/em&gt;on their&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;own &lt;em&gt;pa &lt;/em&gt;at &lt;em&gt;Rangihoua.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; letter-spacing: 0.45pt&amp;quot;&gt;Among the captives were&lt;em&gt; Te Tatua's &lt;/em&gt;wife and three male relatives, who were carried off in&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'&amp;quot;&gt;triumph to the Bay. Watching this ghastly scene was the terrified five-year-old son &lt;em&gt;Hori, &lt;/em&gt;and a slave &lt;em&gt;Omanoa, &lt;/em&gt;who both had escaped capture by being safely hidden in a cave.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; letter-spacing: 0.45pt&amp;quot;&gt;On his return, despair, horror and rage filled the heart of &lt;em&gt;Te Tatua, &lt;/em&gt;when he saw the dreadful &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'&amp;quot;&gt;scene of desolation on his islands. Only his little son and twenty of his people, mainly women, had survived the massacre.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&amp;quot;margin: 6pt 7.2pt 6pt 0cm&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;MsoNormal&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; letter-spacing: 0.25pt&amp;quot;&gt;With despair in his voice he cried, &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;Ka whatiwhati nga parirau 0 Rupe&amp;quot;, &lt;/em&gt;the wing of &lt;em&gt;Rupe is &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'&amp;quot;&gt;broken, which is a saying meaning that the men of the tribe were all dead, or departed. He put a &lt;em&gt;tapu of &lt;/em&gt;blood on the islands so that no one would live there again, and then he sadly took the remnant of his tribe to the mainland to live.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&amp;quot;margin: 6pt 7.2pt 6pt 0cm&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;MsoNormal&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reference: Florence Keene, &lt;em&gt;Tai Tokerau&lt;/em&gt;, Northland Room, Whangarei Library&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
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