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2 unusual facts about Ngāti Toa


1830 in New Zealand

19 August – Captain William Stewart leaves for Kapiti Island, where Te Rauparaha has promised him a cargo of flax in return for transporting a large Ngāti Toa party to Akaroa.

Ngāti Toa

The heke arrived in the Horowhenua-Kapiti region in the early 1820s and settled first in Te Awamate, then at Te Wharangi, and then eventually on Kapiti Island.



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Te Rangihaeata

In 1819 while returning from a raid in the Cook Strait area the Ngati Toa clashed with the Ngatiapa around Turakina, near Bulls.