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… as Te Taniwha, was a leader of Ngāti Whanaunga, one of the Marutūāhu confederation of Hauraki Gulf and Coromandel Peninsula tribes. The names of … involved in the many wars in which Ngāti Whanaunga and the Marutūāhu tribes participated in the late eighteenth and …
Type: Biography
… Manaia, 10 km south of Coromandel town, was gifted by Ngāti Maru to Ngāti Pukenga in recognition of assistance rendered … wars’. This is one of the few large Māori-owned areas in Hauraki. Manaia is the largest Māori community on the … The people are of Ngāti Pūkenga, Ngāti Whanaunga and Ngāti Maru tribes. The marae is Te Kou o Rehua. Manaia was a rich …
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Part of story: Hauraki–Coromandel places
… after this meeting, Maungatapu was attacked by Ngāti Maru from Hauraki, led by Te Rohu , but the attackers were beaten off … in a peace mission to his tribe's former enemies, Ngāti Maru at Thames, and in a state of mental derangement speared …
Type: Biography
… Hika became evident; the contingents of Pōmare and Te Wera Hauraki attacked the island before the arrival of Hongi's … refused. After the capture of Mokoia, Pōmare and Te Wera Hauraki separated from the main body, leading their war … as to whether his campaign was directed against Ngāti Maru or Waikato, but all agree that he was killed about June …
Type: Biography
… of his expeditions – to prove the inland route via the Maruia River to Māwheranui. En route, near Rotoiti, he … employed by Grey to receive the surrender of tribes in the Hauraki and lower Waikato areas. Instead of letting him … on 17 February 1875 at Hauraki, Te Hira, a leader of Ngāti Maru, at last surrendered the mining rights to the …
Type: Biography
… gift for Wēpiha's sister, Mereana, and her husband, Ngāti Maru leader Wīrope Hōtereni Taipari. Many of the pieces were … Ngāti Awa people then took the carvings to Pārāwai in the Hauraki–Thames region. Mereana later attributed the building …
Type: Biography
… was involved in most of these battles. In 1823 Te Wera Hauraki of Ngāpuhi, who would later become the long-term … but Te Pareihe was aware that Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Maru, Ngāti Awa and Ngāti Tūwharetoa, among other people, … Raukawa and Ngāti Tūwharetoa origin. Te Pareihe and Te Wera Hauraki left Māhia to drive them out. Te Momo-a-Irawaru was …
Type: Biography
… plain were assembled there to repel the raid of Ngāti Maru leader Tangi-te-ruru. His mother, Whareunga, of Ngāti … of Ngāti Te Whatu-i-apiti and Ngāti Kahungunu, and Te Wera Hauraki of Ngāpuhi. Many Heretaunga people took refuge at … River. By this time he had established himself at Ōmarunui on the TūtaekurĪ River, and assumed leadership of …
Type: Biography
… great expeditions against tribes in the Coromandel and Hauraki Gulf, Waikato and Bay of Plenty, between 1821 and 1823. The scheme to deceive Ngāti Maru into a sense of false security by a feigned withdrawal …
Type: Biography
… relatives at the hands of Waikato allies in Tāmaki and Hauraki. He led 3,000 warriors to the Waitematā Harbour; … be derived. Warfare with Ngāti Hauā about 1830 forced Ngāti Maru north towards Hauraki, and by this time Ngāti Raukawa had migrated south …
Type: Biography
… His mother’s family had links with Ngāti Tamaterā and Ngāti Maru of Hauraki. His great-grandfather was Tukukino Te Ahiatāewa of …
Type: Biography
… Hopenui. Between 1810 and 1815 Te Rauparaha was with Ngāti Maru in the Hauraki Gulf and was given his first musket. He also visited … lands of Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Toa's allies, and attacked Ngāti Maruwharanui of central Taranaki. Te Kerikeringa and other …
Type: Biography
… and Whangamatā. Her father was Rangihika Kereopa of Ngāti Maru , whose parents had moved to Hauraki from Parihaka during the land confiscations of the …
Type: Biography
… , captured off Motutohorā (Whale Island); faced with Ngāti Maru threats against the north he dropped the expedition … proposals. With Muriwai dead and Patuone now settled in the Hauraki Gulf, Nene became the highest-ranking chief among …
Type: Biography