Atu i te tau 1819 ka whakaeke a Ngāpuhi i te rohe o Whanganui. Ko Tūwhare te rangatira o te taua o Ngāpuhi i ngana ki te patu i a Te Hā Mārama rātou ko tōna iwi. Ka taotū a Tūwhare engari kīhai i mate. Ka whiua e Tūwhare tana kanga ki a Te Hā, ‘he ringa mahi kai’, noa iho ia. Ko te whakautu a Te Hā, kāore ia i patu i a Tūwhare, kia whakahaua e Te Hā te rongo mō tana toa. Nā tēnei āhuatanga ka tapaina te taiaha, ko ‘Te ringa mahi kai’.
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