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… ( c. 1815–94). War chief of Ngati Maniapoto and defender of Orakau pa. A new biography … 1815 and was the son of Te Ngohi, a high-born chief of Ngati Maniapoto, and Pareteka. Through his father he claimed … flag. On the outbreak of war in Taranaki Rewi led a Ngati Maniapoto taua to Wiremu Kingi's aid. The combined …
… refuge in the Urewera during the Maori Wars. In 1863 the Ngati Kahungunu took advantage of the Waikato Wars to invade … the district in 1869 and reached Ruatahuna, while Ropata's Ngati Porous raided Maungapohatu in March 1870. After the …
… (?1813–83). Chief of Ngati Poutama hapu of Wanganui. A new biography of Te Rangi … worked to reconcile the tribes of the Upper Wanganui with Ngati Maniopoto and the Waikato and, in 1881, visited …
… head of the group of Waikato and allied tribes, including Ngati Maniapoto, Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Haua, Ngati Paoa, Ngati Maru, and Ngai-te-Rangi, …
… two sons: Tuhoro, the eldest, became the ancestor of the Ngati Tama chiefly line; while Kahumatamomoe, the second son, became the ancestor of Ngati Rangitiki, Tuhourangi, and allied tribes. In Maori …
… Eruera Wi Repa, being related both to the Apanui and to the Ngati Porou. As his mother, Wahawaha Terehia, belonged to the Wairoa section of Ngati-Kahungunu, he was descended on both sides from Toi. In …
… was the mother of Kahungunu, the eponymous ancestor of the Ngati Kahungunu; his other wife, Mahakiroa, was the mother … of four sons, including Apa, the eponymous ancestor of the Ngati Apa. Tamatea-Pokai-Whenua, or …
… their ammunition became short and when the main body of the Ngati Porou contingent refused to fight Te Kooti. Ropata, … inside the pa. Major Roberts' Regiment and some of the Ngati Porou were to guard the scarped face while Major … of 16 officers and 678 men, of whom 370 were Ropata's Ngati Porous. Colonial losses were 11 killed and eight …
… injuring the remaining 21. Ten of those killed came from Ngati Whatua settlements in the Helensville district. All …
… about 3 miles from Te Kuiti, and was a minor chief of the Ngati Kinohaku subtribe of Ngati Maniapoto. In the late 1870s he went to Parihaka where …