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… Nuka Taipari belonged to Ngāti Hē, a hapū of Ngāi Te Rangi of Tauranga. He was the principal …
Type: Biography
… Tama-i-hara-nui belonged to Ngāti Rakiāmoa, an eminent hapū of Ngāi Tahu, and, as the hereditary spiritual leader …
Type: Biography
… Īhāia Te Kirikūmara was a chief of the Ōtaraua hapū of Te Āti Awa . He was born in Taranaki; his father was …
Type: Biography
… Toa and Ngāti Raukawa, and her father Te Rākaherea. Her hapū were Ngāti Kimihia and Ngāti Te Maunu. As a young woman …
Type: Biography
… of Kahungunu and Te Huki. His mother was Para Te Aho of the hapū Ngāi Tuhemata. He had an elder brother, Pāora Tukutuku, …
Type: Biography
… associated with Ngāi Tamaoki and Ngā Maihi, two Ngāti Awa hapū based near Te Teko; in later life Eru also associated …
Type: Biography
… remaining Ngāti Uru, Hongi set out to drive out the other hapū, Ngāti Pou; during the pursuit he himself received a …
Type: Biography
… Kurīmate, also known as Te Te Rangikoiānake II, whose main hapū were Ngāti Te Manawakawa and Ngāti Te Rangikoiānake, … Later that year Te Momo-a-Irawaru of Ngāti Te Koherā, a hapū of Ngāti Raukawa, invaded central Hawke's Bay with the … some £1,800, which he distributed among the more than 200 hapū, but some of the occupiers remained unsatisfied. …
Type: Biography
… in the Kāwhia district, was a leader of Ngāti Toa. His hapū included Ngāti Kimihia to which he was kin through his … on the mainland he continued to protect those Ngāti Apa hapū living north of the Rangitīkei River; however, he took … over the area north of the Rangitīkei River, gave certain hapū permission to occupy land there. Ngāti Apa later …
Type: Biography
… Āperahama Taonui was the visionary leader of Ngāpuhi hapū Te Popoto of Utakura in the upper Hokianga, and a … the Bible. He successfully negotiated between the opposing hapū using prayers and readings from the Scriptures. …
Type: Biography
… Takaanui Tarakawa took a leading role in his family and hapu battles in the Native Land Court. From 1884 to 1891 he … Takaanui claimed the land as a member of Ngāti Ngāuru, a hapū of Waitaha-a-Hei, and refused to join his case with …
Type: Biography
… Katerina Punua Te Whakatātare of the Ngāti Ruatakenga hapū of Te Whakatōhea. Katerina’s main line of descent was …
Type: Biography
… possibly also her father, was of Ngāti Te Rangiunuora, a hapū of Ngāti Pikiao of Te Arawa , whose people lived at …
Type: Biography
… of acres. Her wide ancestral connections with different hapū enabled her to take part in sales from the Heretaunga …
Type: Biography
… rights to land and its resources were held by iwi or hapū, and individuals derived their rights from membership …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Te ture – Māori and legislation
… South Auckland, Bay of Plenty and Poverty Bay. Which hapū lost land and which did not was often decided …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: New Zealand Wars
… communities and took steps to prevent its spread and use. Hapū would declare their community or marae dry or control …
Type: Story Page
… Te Oti Rīwai, a farm labourer of Ngāi Tahu ; her father’s hapu was Ngāti Hinematua. Kia was one of 10 children and …
Type: Biography
… Her father was a chief of Te Whānau-a-Taupara, a hapu of Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, with links to Ngāti Kahungunu. …
Type: Biography
… Iritawa of Te Whānau-ā-Hinerupe and other closely related hapū of Ngāti Porou. John probably had no formal education. …
Type: Biography