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… Ngati Taou hapu of the Ngati Whatua tribe and lived at Kaipara. As a young man he probably took part in the various … force at Waitara and were obliged to entrench themselves in Pukerangiora pa. From Pukerangiora Te Kawau sent word to Te …
… born in Taranaki about 1790, the son of Rangiwhetiki and Pakanga. Through his mother he was a great grandson of Te … Rewarewa pa in 1806. He was probably among the defenders of Pukerangiora, during the first Waikato invasion. Because he … heke. Two years later his tribe were among the defenders of Pukerangiora pa and, after its fall to the Waikatos in …
… in the early nineteenth century was undoubtedly Te Rauparaha, a chief of the Ngati Toa tribe of the Kawhia … who surrounded the Kawhia domains of Ngati Toa. Te Rauparaha was the stormy petrel of the Tainui tribes, … under Tukorehu, while on an expedition, were besieged in Pukerangiora pa, on the south bank of the Waitara River, by …
… He was a grandson of Te Whitikatura by his principal wife, Rongouaroa, and was thus a senior chief of the … He was also closely related to Te Whiti, the prophet of Parihaka. Te Wharepouri fought at Motunui in 1822 and in the defence of Pukerangiora. In 1826 he served with Whatanui's taua against …
… Supreme Court, Wellington, now stands. After the fall of Pukerangiora pa (1831), they were joined by other sections …
… War chief of Ngati Maniapoto and defender of Orakau pa. A new biography of Maniapoto, Rewi Manga appears in the … son of Te Ngohi, a high-born chief of Ngati Maniapoto, and Pareteka. Through his father he claimed descent from … chiefs of Te Wherowhero's taua (war party) which captured Pukerangiora, and Rewi accompanied his father on this …
… site. Te Puoho was born at Poutama, near Kawhia, the son of Parehaoko and Turangapeke. Through his parents he was descended from a crew member of Tokomaru … he led a small taua to assist the Te Atiawa besieged at Pukerangiora, but was unable to raise the siege. Later in …
… ( c. 1800–60). Paramount chief of the Waikato tribes and first Maori King. … Te Rauangaanga, who at this time had just become the principal war chief of the Waikato tribes. His mother was Te … several hundred men and after the three months siege of Pukerangiora the defenders retreated, leaving 1,200 dead …
… from Lepperton. The main New Plymouth – Te Kuiti highway passes through the town. By road Waitara is 10 miles … (3 miles south-west), Tikorangi (3 miles south-east), Waipapa (4 miles east), Waitoetoe (12 miles east), and at … around Waitara until the surrender of Te Arei works on Pukerangiora to Major-General Pratt on 19 March 1861. In …
… rash attempt of the European Magistrates to arrest Te Rauparaha and Te Rangihaeata for resisting the occupation of the Wairau precipitated the massacre of Captain … at Kairau, Huirangi, and Te Arei, near the historic pa of Pukerangiora. Against these positions Pratt continued to …