I te hui rongonui i Pūkawa i te tau 1856 ka whakaaetia ko Pōtatau Te Wherowhero hei Kīngi Māori. I reira ko tētehi kawa hei whakawhiti i ō rātou mana ki runga ki a ia. Ka hui rātou ki tētehi pou kara teitei rawa, me ētehi taura tārewa iho. Nā Iwikau Te Heuheu, te Arikinui o Ngāti Tūwharetoa, nāna te hui nei i karanga, nāna rā ano hoki te whakamārama ko te pou kara nei, ko ia ko tōna maunga ko Tongariro. Ko ngā taura tāwēwē ko ngā taura whiri ki ngā maunga tapu o ngā iwi i hui mai.
Pāwhiritia tēnei mahere kia kitea he whakaahua o ētehi o ngā maunga tapu o ngā iwi Māori.
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