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… Te Whatu and Te Ngaro, and thus belonged to Ngāti Kererū hapū of Ngāti Rangiwewehi. Hikairo also had connections with … Hikairo and Korokai of Ngāti Whakaue prevented Te Arawa hapū from fighting each other. Hikairo sought and won the … into the 1840s, he refused permission to other Te Arawa hapū to cross his land seeking revenge against Ngāi Te Rangi …
Type: Biography
… north of Wairoa, of Ngāti Kahungunu descent. His main hapū was Ngāti Mihi on his father's side. His mother's hapū were Ngāi Tama-te-rangi and Te Aitanga-a-Hinemanuhiri. Other hapū Hēmi claimed were Ngāti Hinetū, Ngāti Kōtore of Pāpuni, …
Type: Biography
… and of Te Whānau-a-Kai and Te Whānau-a-Taupara hapū of Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki; his father was Te Harawira Tekoteko of Ngā Ariki and Ngāti Wahia hapū of Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki. Probably in the 1840s he married Te Rina (Mihiterina) Whiropō of Ngāti Kaipoho hapu of Rongowhakaata. They had four daughters, Hārata …
Type: Biography
… later years he was particularly associated with Ngāti Tuera hapū, kin to Ngāti Rangatahi. Many of the details of his … in the erection of Maranganui II for the Ngāti Tuera hapū. Hōri Pukehika's most celebrated work was the main … Hōri Pukehika played a leading role in the life of the hapū of the lower Wanganui River. In February 1886 he …
Type: Biography
… maternal grandfather was Rangiheuea, chief of Ngāti Tāoi, a hapū of Tūhourangi, whose mana extended to regions adjacent … of Mānuera Te Pohokotia, the last-known chief of Warahoe hapū of Ngāti Awa, but the elders considered him to be … son reluctantly took over leadership of Te Pahīpoto hapū. He believed in dispensing with customs that hindered …
Type: Biography
… territory of Ngāti Manu, of Ngāpuhi. His connection to this hapū was through his mother, Haki, the elder sister of … Pōmare I, Tiki, were killed in a dispute with Te Mahurehure hapū of Waima. Although Kiwikiwi, the brother of Te … the great prize for which the northern alliance of Ngāpuhi hapū had been angling for some years; the quarrel of the …
Type: Biography
… also of high rank, was of Tūhourangi, and Ngāti Tūnohopū hapū of Ngāti Whakaue. Mita had an elder brother, Topia, a … Ngāti Huarere, Ngāti Tūkiterangi and Ngāti Hinganoa, three hapū of Ngāti Wāhiao, in the Native Land Court. The case … whole block and Mita conducted their case, representing 20 hapū. For months he cross-examined the many witnesses of the …
Type: Biography
… tribal alliances around the Bay of Islands. Ngare Raumati hapū faced a particular threat from the neighbouring ‘northern alliance’ of hapū based around Kaikohe, Te Waimate, Kerikeri, Tākou Bay, … rangatira eager to recruit Pākehā settlers for their hapū. He returned to Australia with his brother Korokoro, as …
Type: Biography
… from both Kahungunu and Rangitāne. Nireaha's principal hapū were Hāmua and Ngāti Mutuahi, and he was also kin to … as his heir, with responsibilities towards his many hapū. The elders arranged Nireaha's marriage to a … but aimed to retain substantial reserves for his various hapū at Pāhiatua, Ngāwapūrua, Te Hāwera and Tūtaekara. In …
Type: Biography
… which acknowledges the attendance of different iwi and hapū at a marriage. At the cutting of the wedding cake the master of ceremonies calls out the name of a hapū, or sometimes an iwi, if visitors are attending from a …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Māori feasts and ceremonial eating – hākari
… in Hamilton), rather than belonging to a particular hapū. Many were for tertiary institutions. They maintained … Harrison went on to carve numerous houses for both hapū and urban institutions. Quoting a proverb, he saw these …
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Part of story: Whakairo – Māori carving
… of warfare and strategic marriage. However, existing hapū (sub-tribes) maintained distinct identities, and later … Before this, Māori society in the region was based around hapū containing a chief and his immediate community. This …
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Part of story: Hawke’s Bay region
… Māori, and remains a taonga (treasure) for Ngāti Pahauwera hapū (subtribe). It is also a popular location for water … Māori settlement surrounded by pastoral farmland. The main hapū is Ngāti Pahauwera. The round meeting house …
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Part of story: Hawke’s Bay places
… land – Ngati Kura, Ngati Korakorako and Ngati Turehu, all hapu or sub-tribes of the people called Patupaiarehe. The …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: First peoples in Māori tradition
… the chiefs called themselves ‘te Wakaminenga o nga Hapu o Nu Tirene’ (the United Tribes of New Zealand). The …
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Part of story: He Whakaputanga – Declaration of Independence
… was with Ngāti Kahungunu of Wairoa through the hapū Ngāi Te Apatari. Hēmi’s mother had links to Ngāti Whare, a hapū based at Te Whāiti and closely intermarried with Tūhoe, and to Ngāti Manawa, but her hapū at Nūhaka was Ngāti Rangi, and her main iwi was Ngāti …
Type: Biography
… a chief of Ngāti Wai, and of Te Kawerau and Ngāti Manuhiri hapū of Ngāti Whātua. Rāhui's mother was Pepei of Ngāti Whātua, probably of Te Taoū hapū. Rāhui inherited Te Kiri's land rights at Pākiri, … son of Pōhuehue and the grandson of Te Heru of Ngāti Taka hapū of Ngāti Wai. He said his mother was Totoro, and denied …
Type: Biography
… Tamaterā; he was also connected to Ngāti Pāoa. His main hapū were Ngāti Hauāuru, Ngāti Rautao, Ngāti Hape and Ngāti … with other Marutuahu leaders had persuaded their various hapū to accept goldmining at Kauaeranga and in the tidal … Alice Josephine Stewart of Ngāti Maru and Ngāti Hokopū hapū. Eruini Taipari is remembered for placing the carved …
Type: Biography
… Ngāti Koura, Ngāi Te Riu, Ngāti Muriwai and Ngāti Hinekura, hapū of the Tūhoe tribe. His father was Waiari (also known … resided in these places had a strong bearing on where his hapū, Ngāti Koura, were to establish land rights through the … boundaries. Ngāti Koura, Ngāti Hinekura and Ngāi Te Riu hapū maintained high profiles in tribal politics during the …
Type: Biography
… Maniapoto and of Waikato tribes. As well as Ngāti Pēhi hapū (known later as Ngāti Tūrumakina), he belonged to Ngāti … to the high standards of his predecessor, and some of the hapū to the north and south of the lake did not acknowledge … rocky cliff close by. For a brief time after his death each hapū of Ngāti Tūwharetoa tried to go its own way. However, …
Type: Biography