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… relationship with earth, sea and sky. Tribal stories of humans born from the land include the fashioning of … as taunaha whenua. The Ōkūrei peninsula at Maketū in the Bay of Plenty was called Te … belly). A large piece of land was called Te Takapū-o-Waitaha (Waitaha’s belly). A child of the earth The idea of …
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Part of story: Papatūānuku – the land
… Tribal boundaries The boundaries of Tauranga Moana (the seas of Tauranga) begin at Bowentown, … Pūkenga are the Māori tribes of this district, while the Waitaha tribe also has interests. A tale of lost love The … they died she imposed a ritual ban upon the waters of the Bay of Plenty, from Bowentown in the north to Cape Runaway …
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Part of story: Tauranga Moana
… Tribes The Bay of Plenty is the homeland of the tribes of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, … wrested Mauao (Mt Maunganui) from the Ngāti Ranginui and Waitaha tribes. Today the tribe is known as Ngāi Te Rangi. …
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Part of story: Bay of Plenty region
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… Ngāpuhi in the north, Mataatua is said to have landed in Bay of Plenty. According to the traditions two visitors, Hoaki … in Tauranga. Te Paepae-ki-Rarotonga , under its captain Waitaha-ariki-kore, is said to have landed near Matatā. Te … Canoes of Bay of Plenty …
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Part of story: Canoe traditions
… Ngāti Ranginui Ngāti Ranginui now occupy the shores of Tauranga Moana as well as inland areas. They have many … as their permanent home, displacing the Ngāti Ranginui and Waitaha people then in occupation. They eventually settled … of Ngāti Pūkenga now occupy the Ngāpeke block near Welcome Bay. The land was given by Ngāti Hē, a sub-tribe of Ngāi Te …
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Part of story: Tauranga Moana
… The Te Arawa people of the Bay of Plenty are the offspring of Pūhaorangi, a … maunga e rehurehu mai rā i raro, ko te takapū o taku tama o Waitaha!’ (From this mountain [Pāpāmoa], to that far …
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Part of story: Te Arawa
… 1852. His mother, Te Whakaumata, also known as Patumoana, of Ngāi Te Rangi , was one of three or four wives of Te … Takaanui Tarakawa's elders were people of great mana in the Bay of Plenty. Te Ipututu Tarakawa was a famous warrior, … claimed the land as a member of Ngāti Ngāuru, a hapū of Waitaha-a-Hei, and refused to join his case with others of …
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… as his navigator. He also abducted Whakaotirangi, the wife of Ruaeo, a prominent man of the village. While at sea … away his own red feather head-dress. Te Arawa explored the Bay of Plenty, Coromandel Peninsula and Tāmaki (Auckland) … descendants of Tama’s contemporary chiefs Hei, Tapuika and Waitaha occupied the country around Maketū. The offspring of …
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Part of story: Canoe traditions
… People of Te Arawa The main tribes of the Volcanic Plateau are the … Arawa canoe, which made its final landfall at Maketū on the Bay of Plenty coast. The saying ‘Ko te ihu o te waka kei … Ngāti Wāhiao, Ngāti Whakaue, Tapuika, Tūhourangi and Waitaha. Dual identity The Waikato River has two names. …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau region
… Rākaihautū and Rokohouia In traditions of the Waitaha tribe, their founding ancestor, Rākaihautū, … tribe. Te Arawa say he landed at Tūhua (Mayor Island in the Bay of Plenty). Ngāhue explored inland in the South Island, …
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Part of story: Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration
… On entering the Kaituna estuary beside Ōkūrei, the bow of the Te Arawa canoe was tethered to a large rock, … in the Kaipara and Kahu at Te Whanga-o-Kahumatamomoe (Ōkahu Bay) on the Waitematā Harbour, where he eventually died. Tapuika and Waitaha (sons of the explorers Tia and Hei respectively) …
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Part of story: Te Arawa
… probably in the 1820s at Motutawa pā at the southern end of Lake Rotoiti. Her father was Te Nia, a chief of Ngāti … Rangiāwhao, a woman of high rank, was of Ngāti Pūkenga, Waitaha-a-Hei and Ngāti Ranginui. Rāhera's inherited rank … court, and was able to recite her descent from important Bay of Plenty ancestors. After the death of Hone Te Atirau, …
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… Aroha Tōpi Pātuki, he could claim links with Ngāti Māmoe, Waitaha and Ngāi Tahu , and was related to the Whaitiri family of the Chatham Islands. He was the youngest of three … his formal education was cut short when in 1931 the Hawke’s Bay earthquake partially destroyed the school. Along with …
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… Te Kooti was born into Ngāti Maru, a hapū of Rongowhakaata, at Pā-o-Kahu, overlooking the Awapuni lagoon in Poverty Bay. According to the traditions he was born in 1814. … 1870 he went instead to Te Tāpapa, the village of the Waitaha prophet Hākaraia Mahika, where he met Josiah Firth , …
Type: Biography