Kia taka ki ngā tau tōmua o te tekau tau atu i 1830, ka whakaekea te pito raki o Te Wai Pounamu e ngā iwi mai i Waikato me Taranaki. E whai ana rātou i te utu mō ngā whakaekenga a ngā uri mai i Te Wai Pounamu o ngā iwi i riro ō rātou whenua i te takiwā o te tekau tau atu i 1820, i te wā o ngā whakaekenga a Te Rauparaha mā. I whakamahia te kaipatu tohora e Kāpene John Blenkinsopp te moko o Te Rauparaha hei tāhae i ngā whenua o Ngāti Toa ki Te Wairau i te tau 1832.
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