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… the ancestors of the Ngati Porou, Ngati Kahungunu, and the Ngai Tahu tribe of the South Island. by Robert Ritchie …
… negotiate a new price with Taiaroa, Karitai, and the other Ngai Tahu chiefs. This was necessary because the Maoris, who …
… first settlement was at Matiu (Somes Island) but the tribe (Ngai Tara) later spread to Miramar Island and Kapiti. …
… raids by North Island warriors wrecked havoc with the local Ngai Tahu peoples. Most Maori settlements were located on …
… or the junction line of the boundaries between the Ngai Tara and Rangitane tribal lands. Kapiti was also known …
… and compiled an elementary reading book to be printed in Ngai Tahu. In November 1840 Watkin was greatly disturbed by …
… visited the lake with a party to take moulting ducks. A Ngai Tahu force, having learned of this impending visit, …
… In 1835 Taiaroa and Tuhawaiki (now paramount chief of the Ngai Tahu) led a strong party who again inflicted severe …
… Waikato at Rangiriri, Ngati Maniapoto at Orakau, and Ngai-te-Rangi at Gate pa. In such circumstances defeat and … Ngati Haua, who fought at Rangiriri, lost very little; and Ngai-te-Rangi, the defenders of Gate pa, had most of their … differing tribal attitudes after the wars. Ngati Haua and Ngai-te-Rangi surrendered and cooperated with the …
… Nelson Maoris set off up the Mawhera as part of a minor Ngai Tahu expedition of four canoes. Some 6 miles upstream … the pass, but was obliged to return to the main stream. The Ngai Tahu contingent returned at this point, except for one …