whaikorero

, i te tau kotahi mano, waru rau, ono tekau ma wha, kua tae mai nga hoariri ki tauranga moana, he taua a kuini wikitoria nga hoariri, i tino maha nga toa tauiwi, ko general cameron te rangatira o tera atu taua; te taua o ingarangi, ko tana kaupapa, te pehipehi nga iwi maori, ka whakautu nga iwi mai te whakahuihui i runga i te taumata a pukehinahina, ko ngaiterangi, ko ngati pukenga, ko ngati ranginui, ko ngati pikiao hoki, kei waenganui o nga iwi, i tu ana ta maua tupuna, ko te aho aho tona ingoa, in 1864, hostile forces arrived at tauranga harbour, these enemies were an army sent by queen victoria, the foreign troops were many in number, general cameron was the leader of the army; this army from england, his mission was to suppress the maori tribes, the people responded by assembling on the hilltop at pukehinahina, there were warriors from ngaiterangi, ngati pukenga, ngati ranginui and ngati pikiao, amongst them stood our great great great grandfather, te aho aho