Kei te pūtahitanga o ngā tiriti o Taranaki me Courtenay i Te Whanganui-a-Tara, te wāhi i tū te pā o Te Aro i ōna rā. Nā Ngāti Mutunga - te haumi o Te Āti Awa nō roto mai i ngā heke - te pā i hanga. Nō muri, ka nōhia te pā e Ngāti Ruanui rātou ko Ngāti Haumia, ko Ngāti Tūpaia. Whai atu i te rū o te tau 1855, ka hīa te whenua ki runga, ka whakatahe ngā wai o ngā repo kia kore te tuna, te mātaitai, tae atu ki ngā pā harakeke mō te mahi muka hei hoko ki ngā tāngata whai. Nā te korenga ake o ēnei rawa whakaora i te iwi, ka whakarērea te pā, ka hokona te whenua.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
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A-049-001
Pencil sketch by Edmund Norman
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