Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tētahi wā, me te mea kua mutu te rapu - he tohu nui i tuhia ki runga i te tatau o tētahi whare, engari kāore te tatau i reira. Heoi anō, i kitea mai ko te tatau i kōrerotia i whakamahia hei pouara whakatikatika i runga i tētahi whakakeke i whara ki tētahi kāinga tata i te wā o te pakanga o te tau rua mano.
Ko te Poari 1863 e whakahe ana ki te kawanatanga o Ruhia - a, i muri i tenei whakamahinga, kua whakauruhia te tatau ki te whare karakia o te kainga, i kitea e Arama me te tuhi i te tohu.