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Story: Ngāti Kahungunu

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. Tribes and lands

  3. Ancestors

  4. Kahungunu the man

  5. Kahungunu and Rongomaiwahine

  6. Ngāti Kahungunu become established

  7. European contact

  8. The challenge of the new

  9. Facts and figures

  10. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - Tribes and lands

Ngāti Kahungunu tribal area

Ngāti Kahungunu tribal area

Heipipi pā

Heipipi pā

The legend of the seven whales of Ngai Tahu Matawhaiti

The legend of the seven whales of Ngai Tahu Matawhaiti

From page 2 - Ancestors

Ruawharo

Ruawharo

Whakapapa of Kahungunu

Whakapapa of Kahungunu

The longest place name in the world

The longest place name in the world

From page 3 - Kahungunu the man

Carved storehouse doorway

Carved storehouse doorway

Kahungunu's journey south to Te Māhia

Kahungunu's journey south to Te Māhia

Saddlebacks, by John Gerrard Keulemans

Saddlebacks, by John Gerrard Keulemans

From page 4 - Kahungunu and Rongomaiwahine

Nukutaurua, Māhia Peninsula

Nukutaurua, Māhia Peninsula

A song about Kahungunu and Rongomaiwahine

A song about Kahungunu and Rongomaiwahine

From page 5 - Ngāti Kahungunu become established

Maungakāhia pā

Maungakāhia pā

The ancestor Tauheikurī

The ancestor Tauheikurī

Carved wall post of Taraia and Te Huki

Carved wall post of Taraia and Te Huki

From page 6 - European contact

Kahurānaki, a carved house at Te Hauke, Hawke’s Bay

Kahurānaki, a carved house at Te Hauke, Hawke’s Bay

Pāpāwai pā, Greytown

Pāpāwai pā, Greytown (1st of 3)

Opening of the meeting house at Pāpāwai pā, 1897

Opening of the meeting house at Pāpāwai pā, 1897 (2nd of 3)

Tamahau Mahupuku and the Hikurangi Brass Band

Tamahau Mahupuku and the Hikurangi Brass Band (3rd of 3)

From page 7 - The challenge of the new

Te Aute Maori Boys’ College

Te Aute Maori Boys’ College

Ngāti Kahungunu canoe

Ngāti Kahungunu canoe

How to cite this page:

Mere Whaanga, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/ngati-kahungunu/media (accessed 4 February 2023)

Story by Mere Whaanga, published 8 Feb 2005, updated 3 Mar 2017

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