Kei runga i te mahere whenua nei ko te whakatakotoranga o te pā o Ōtaka, ki Taranaki (i ēnei rā kei roto i ngā paenga whenua o Niu Paremata). Ahakoa i eke panuku a Te Āti Awa ki te wawao i te pā i te whakaekenga o Ngāti Maniapoto me Waikato, i mōhio tonu a Te Āti Awa ka whai utu te hoariri. Nā whai anō i taki whai atu te mātotoru o te iwi o Te Āti Awa i o rātou huānga ki roto o te rohe o Te Whanganui-a-Tara.
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Reference: S. P. Smith, History and traditions of the Taranaki Coast. New Plymouth: Thomas Avery, 1910, p. 470.
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