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… name. Raharuhi Rukupō became leader of Ngāti Kaipoho hapū of Rongowhakaata around 1840. He had a part-European … The other was Hēni Materoa Carroll of Ngāi Tāwhiri hapū of Rongowhakaata who succeeded her mother Riperata …
Type: Biography
… have been descended from the chief Piritaka of Ngāti Kura hapū of Ngāti Mutunga . He was closely related to … Ngātata-i-te-rangi of Ngāti Te Whiti and Ngāti Tāwhirikura hapū of Te Ati Awa. His wife was Tawhiti, niece of Te …
Type: Biography
… her future. Her mother, Hinekiore, was of Ngāti Hinemihi, a hapū of Ngāti Tūwharetoa which lived in the Taringamotu … met Hauāuru, a young Ngāti Maniapoto chief of Matakore hapū, with whom she fell in love. He was already married and …
Type: Biography
… in the Mātaikona area of Wairarapa, of Te Ika-a-Papauma, a hapū of Ngāti Kahungunu. Through his father's mother, Nau, … as Māori King but refused. In 1878 he inspired the many hapū of the upper Wairarapa valley to build a large carved …
Type: Biography
… century he became the leader of Ngāti Tama-Ahuroa hapū of Ngāti Ruanui , centred on Ōeo in Taranaki. By his … he laid the basis for the later prosperity of that hapū. Born probably in the 1820s, he was baptised Hōne …
Type: Biography
… greater responsibility for advocating on behalf of iwi and hapū, especially with respect to achieving …
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Part of story: Interest groups
… in the south to the Rangitīkei River in the north. Some hapū (sub-tribes) settled around Tōtaranui (Queen Charlotte …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Muaūpoko
… Europeans was characterised by control through the whānau, hapū and iwi. Before governmental intervention, missionaries …
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Part of story: Māori education – mātauranga
… of the eighteenth century she was born at Ruatāhuna. Her hapū were Ngāti Te Riu and Ngāti Ruapani. While living in …
Type: Biography
… Matariki as a time of remembrance, joy and peace. Iwi, hapu and whānau once again came together at Matariki to …
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Part of story: Matariki – Te Tau Hou Māori
… always stand firm’. The rūnanga works to integrate Ngāpuhi hapū, marae and communities so that all descendants will …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ngāpuhi
… the Marutūahu confederation includes the Tāmaki isthmus, Te Hapū-a-Kohe, the Piako, Ōhinemuri and Wairoa districts, the …
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Part of story: Marutūahu tribes
… as kanataraki (contract), which were based on whānau or hapū ties. Much of the work on farms was labouring. …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Te rāngai mahi – Māori in the workforce
… communal house and needed significant effort from related hapū, it would hold a feast at the start and at the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Māori feasts and ceremonial eating – hākari
… also composers. It was rare to find a leader of an iwi, hapū or whānau community who did not at some point create …
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Part of story: Māori composers – ngā kaitito waiata
… (extracted jawbone) is the name of an ancestor, a hapū (clan or descent group), and a marae that commemorate …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Te whānau puha – whales
… his younger brother in a semi-parental role. The principal hapū of the Tāreha family in the Ahuriri (Napier) area were … connected to the major tribe, Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti, and its hapū, Ngāti Parau. The name of this hapū refers to the time when a son of Tāreha was lost in …
Type: Biography
… the son of Tihao of Ngāti Huia and Ngāti Parewahawaha, two hapū of Ngāti Raukawa. His mother was Pareraukawa, elder … Te Kaihou, the sister of Te Ringanohu of Ngāti Te Kikiri, a hapū of Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti, to assist her people against … Hawke's Bay. Aided by Ngāti Pakapaka and Ngāti Mutuahi, two hapū of Rangitāne, he raided as far north as Tangoio. Two …
Type: Biography
… the son of Te Umuariki and Tīkina. He belonged to the Tūhoe hapū, Te Urewera, and to Ngāti Rongo. He married Te Ākiu of … not to speak at these meetings; matters of concern to his hapū, Te Urewera, were put forward through representatives. … Manunui. The object was to produce issue of rank for those hapū. Unfortunately, Te Whenuanui was ageing. Although …
Type: Biography
… her husband, Tuta Tāmati, who belonged to Te Aitanga-a-Mate hapū of Ngāti Porou . She also had connections through her father with Te Whānau-a-Rākairoa and Te Aowera hapū. The Tāmati family owned and operated a hotel. Tuta …
Type: Biography