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… was Teoti Pītama Karatiti, a farmer, of the Canterbury Ngāi Tahu hapū, Ngāi Tūāhuriri and Ngāi Te Rakiāmoa. His mother, Harirota … Adjustment Act 1928 had authorised the setting up of a Ngaitahu Trust Board to negotiate a settlement with the …
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… just two years after the Crown purchase of Canterbury from Ngāi Tahu , and within months of the arrival of the first … settlers in Canterbury. Tīkao claimed descent from 21 Ngāi Tahu hapū but was principally of Ngāi Tūahuriri and Ngāti Irakehu descent. He identified most …
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… Pāora Taki belonged to Ngāi Te Rakiāmoa hapū of Ngāi Tahu . He was born probably in the early nineteenth … a warrior fighting alongside Tama-i-hara-nui , a leader of Ngāi Tahu, in the Kaihuanga feud between various Ngāi Tahu …
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… the pā of his grandfather Waewae. Waewae was a son of Ngāi Tahu chief Tūrākautahi, the builder of the nearby pā of Kaiapoi. Tūhuru was a chief of Ngāti Waewae, a hapū of Ngāi Tahu. He reached adulthood during a turbulent period in … history of the South Island. In the eighteenth century Ngāi Tahu from Canterbury went to the source of greenstone …
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… Wāwāhia Solomon Score. Although she was of chiefly birth in Ngāi Tahu , there was little to suggest Wharetutu was going … house at Oaro was a recognised meeting place for travelling Ngāi Tahu and a centre of debate on tribal affairs, … history. Much discussion centred on the struggles over the Ngāi Tahu claim and Wharetutu was thus exposed early to the …
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… had signed the Port Cooper deed in 1849. They belonged to Ngāi Tūahuriri hapū of Ngāi Tahu . The family lived at Tuahiwi (near Kaiapoi), … Mahunui Māori Council as the member representing Poutini Ngāi Tahu interests. The Uru family became involved in legal …
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… Taiaroa, the son of Kōrako and Wharerauaruhe, belonged to Ngāi Te Ruahikihiki and Ngāti Moki hapū of Ngāi Tahu, both of them centred on Taumutu, at the southern … 1820s Taiaroa became involved in the internecine warfare of Ngāi Tahu of the Canterbury Plains. His sister, Te Parure, …
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… century, into a high-ranking family of the prominent hapū Ngāi Tūāhuriri of Ngāi Tahu. His father was Kāraki. Tiramōrehu was a … in 1831, Kāraki took a leading part in the retaliatory Ngāi Tahu raids. Tiramōrehu was said to have fought …
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… of negotiating the purchase of the West Coast from Poutini Ngāi Tahu. Alexander Mackay accompanied his cousin on the … intended to complete the purchase of land from Poutini Ngāi Tahu, and to attempt to find a new route to the Grey … 1882 and a judge of the Native Land Court in 1884. Poutini Ngāi Tahu petitioned for him to be returned to his previous …
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… Hōri Ngātai was from Ngāti Hē hapū of Ngāi Te Rangi , and was born at Maungatapu, near Tauranga. … 1863, at the start of the Waikato war, he led a group of Ngāi Te Rangi and Pirirākau warriors to fight beside the … news came that troops had landed at Tauranga. He and other Ngāi Te Rangi warriors returned home and defeated the …
Type: Biography
… as Rāwiri Tuaia and Whakatauhoe, was one of the leaders of Ngāi Te Rangi of Tauranga from the 1850s until his death in … son of Te Muna, and grandson of Whakapā and Hinerangi of Ngāi Tukairangi, a hapū of Ngāi Te Rangi from Matapihi, on the eastern side of Tauranga …
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… Tūpaea of Te Whānau-a-Tauwhao hapū of Ngāi Te Rangi was born probably at Tauranga. He was the son … In the 1830s he succeeded his father as the major leader of Ngāi Te Rangi. Tūpaea had two or more wives, one of whom was … against Ngāti Maru in 1828. He was almost certainly with Ngāi Te Rangi who assisted Te Waharoa of Ngāti Hauā against …
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… tribal capacity to process and export fisheries products. Ngāi Tahu Seafood The South Island tribe Ngāi Tahu has an extensive coastline, and in 2009 Ngāi Tahu Seafood was a large player amongst iwi fishing …
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Part of story: Ngā haumi a iwi – Māori investment
… 1847. She was the third of four children of Pukio Iwa, of Ngāi Tuahuriri hapū of Ngāi Tahu (descendants of Tautahi), and Richard Burns (Riki … , the son of Mawera and Te Mātenga Taiaroa , a major Ngāi Tahu chief. The union of Tini and Hōri Kerei reaffirmed …
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… By the time Ngāi Tahu had arrived, the South Island’s natural phenomena … with the gods of their mythology.) When Ngāti Māmoe and Ngāi Tahu later intermarried with Waitaha, they were … of the wind) and eventually Te Māuru, known to Ngāi Tahu as the north-west wind. Rakamaomao was the group …
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Part of story: Ngāi Tahu
… Te Huruhuru (or Huruhuru) of Ngāi Tahu was born probably about 1800. He was one of eight … was Nuku and his mother was Te Whakaaro. His hapū were Ngāi Te Ruahikihiki and Ngāi Taoka. Little is recorded of his life before 1844. He …
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… in 1870 and Auckland in 1871. Dunedin Māori In 1844 Ngāi Tahu chiefs Taiaroa and Karetai agreed to the sale of … population was severely affected by introduced diseases. Ngāi Tahu had hoped that settlement would see a continuation … Māori Most of the Canterbury region was purchased from Ngāi Tahu by the government in 1848. A number of Ngāi Tahu …
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Part of story: Ngā tāone nui – Māori and the city
… for expeditions to gather moa and weka, eels and rats. Ngāi Tahu Canterbury lies within the traditional boundaries of the main South Island iwi (tribe), Ngāi Tahu. Originally from the North Island’s east coast, the Ngāi Tahu people migrated south to Wellington, and then to …
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Part of story: Canterbury region
… Stewart Island and was a member of Ngāti Irakehu, a hapū of Ngāi Tahu . His parents were both born in Otago and moved to … Wellington. During this period he began a lifetime study of Ngāi Tahu and their claims, and spent many leisure hours … Parliament seeking legislation to amend and extend the Ngaitahu Māori Trust. In June 1972 he and the board met the …
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… also known as Te Maiharanui, was the leader of Ngāi Tahu in the northern part of the South Island in the … belonged to Ngāti Rakiāmoa, an eminent hapū of Ngāi Tahu, and, as the hereditary spiritual leader of his … century an insult to Tama-i-hara-nui caused war among Ngāi Tahu. At Waikākahi pā, near Wairewa (Lake Forsyth), a …
Type: Biography