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… Harbour. Many other sacred mountains support the house of Ngāpuhi, a people who played a central role in Māori history. … Ngāpuhi …
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… In 2013, 125,000 people identified as Ngāpuhi. There are 55 marae in the Hokianga, the Bay of … east, this tribal saying describes how the destinies of all Ngāpuhi sub-tribes are irrevocably intertwined. The ‘puna’ … mass migration to the cities from 1950 onwards, only 25,000 Ngāpuhi remained in Northland in 2013. Over 50,000 people of …
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Part of story: Ngāpuhi
… Rāhiri of Ngāpuhi is also connected to other North Island tribes. Rāhiri married Āhuaiti and Whakaruru of Ngāpuhi. He then married Moetonga, whose descendants live in … tribes were the first to begin using the tribal name Ngāpuhi. As the two groups merged, the name came to apply to …
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Part of story: Ngāpuhi
… Hongi Hika Ngāpuhi chief Hongi Hika ’s name is almost synonymous with … to muskets, an internal tribal battle involving northern Ngāpuhi led by Hongi and southern Ngāpuhi led by Te Morenga was fought using traditional …
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Part of story: Musket wars
… Hōne. In 1818 Te Ao-kapurangi was captured by Hauraki , the Ngāpuhi leader who had gone with Te Morenga on an expedition … (the burning). Te Ao-kapurangi became involved further in Ngāpuhi warfare. In 1822 a number of Ngāpuhi, led by Te Pae-o-te-rangi, had been killed by …
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… Ngāpuhi is the largest tribe in New Zealand. Their heartland … and Whangārei. The following chant likens the lands of Ngāpuhi to a traditional house: The house of Ngāpuhi He mea hanga tēnei tōku whare Ko Ranginui e titiro …
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Part of story: Ngāpuhi
… the first Christian mission there. Muskets and war Ngāpuhi played a prominent role during early contact with … ships visited the Bay of Islands than anywhere else, Ngāpuhi acquired more muskets than other tribes. The supply … trip with several hundred muskets. Between 1818 and 1823, Ngāpuhi and other northern iwi launched a series of …
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Part of story: Ngāpuhi
… in the nineteenth century, a series of wars began between Ngāpuhi and Te Roroa, a people of the Kaihū area, midway … Hokianga and Kaipara harbours, who were related to both Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Whātua . About 1806 Murupaenga called … up the Wairoa River to Kaihū, then moved overland to attack Ngāpuhi settlements at Matarāua on the Punakitere River, a …
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… Wairoa came under attack from the musket-bearing tribes of Ngāpuhi, Hauraki, Waikato, Te Whakatōhea and Tūhoe. Two years later Te Wera Hauraki of Ngāpuhi established himself at Māhia and became a protector of its people. Leftovers for the enemy When Ngāpuhi, armed with muskets, came to raid the Wairoa …
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Part of story: Ngāti Kahungunu
… by all iwi involved in the New Zealand wars of the 1860s. Ngāpuhi Ngāpuhi were the first tribe to own horses. The first horses … was a gift from the governor of New South Wales to the Ngāpuhi chief Ruatara. Eruera Maihi Patuone, another Ngāpuhi …
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Part of story: Hōiho – horses and iwi
… belonged to Te Hikutū and Ngāti Rēhia, who were related to Ngāpuhi; their territories stretched north from Te Puna and … Whangaroa. She was related to Te Pahi , a major leader of Ngāpuhi. She was born probably in the late eighteenth … withdrawal is said to have originated with Turikatuku; Ngāpuhi returned and surprised Te Tōtara pā three days …
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… of cautious peace during which Ngāti Pāoa’s conflict with Ngāpuhi tribes in the north made the Tāmaki tribes vulnerable to attack. The Ngāpuhi invasion In 1820 the Ngāpuhi chief Hongi Hika acquired muskets, enabling him to …
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Part of story: Auckland region
… the wars The New Zealand Wars began with fighting between Ngāpuhi and a government force at Kororāreka (Russell) in … Bay of Islands. The major causes were the concern of some Ngāpuhi that the moving of the capital from the Bay to … at Kororāreka four times to make this point. Other hapū of Ngāpuhi led by Tāmati Wāka Nene sided with the British. On …
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Part of story: New Zealand Wars
… the Bay of Islands, many Māori crew came from the local Ngāpuhi iwi. Not all Māori went voluntarily. Some were … comes out’. 1 Māori in England and Australia In 1806 a Ngāpuhi man, Moehanga, became the first Māori to visit England, where he met King George III. The Ngāpuhi chief Hongi Hika was among a group who arrived in …
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Part of story: Māori overseas
… He was the 11th generation from Rāhiri, ancestor of Ngāpuhi; Hunā was his father and his mother, Te Tāwai. They … Moremonui, at Maunganui Bluff, in 1807 or 1808 Kawiti saw Ngāpuhi fall before the assembled might of Ngāti Whātua; … Hika barely escaped with his life. In 1824 Te Whareumu of Ngāpuhi came to Kawiti, chanting his ngākau, a special …
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… afterwards, peace was made. In 1823, after Hongi Hika of Ngāpuhi had attacked and taken Mokoia, Hikairo and others … was related to Te Ao-kapurangi , wife of Te Wera Hauraki of Ngāpuhi, and returned to Mokoia to speak on behalf of his … Hika declared that there would be no more killing, and Ngāpuhi returned home. In 1832, after Ngāpuhi under Te …
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… to lead Waikato against an invasion by the musket-armed Ngāpuhi of Hongi Hika . Hongi Hika was seeking revenge for … gathered under Te Wherowhero's command in May 1822. When Ngāpuhi attacked, a panic seized the defenders, many of whom … at one point single-handedly. After the fall of the pā, Ngāpuhi split into small groups to hunt for fugitives. At …
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… applauded their efforts, patriotically supporting the war. Ngāpuhi nursing sisters In 1901 a party of Ngāpuhi women of chiefly descent established a group known as the Ngāpuhi nursing sisters or Ngāpuhi Sisters of Mercy. They …
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Part of story: Ngā pakanga ki tāwāhi – Māori and overseas wars
… in the Matawhaorua canoe is legendary in the history of Ngāpuhi. Guided by light reflected from the mountain Te … sailing northward along the coast to Hokianga. The earliest Ngāpuhi account says that the Mataatua actually landed in … have circumnavigated the North Island in this canoe. Both Ngāpuhi and the Bay of Plenty tribes agree that the Mataatua …
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Part of story: Ngāpuhi
… interactions Māori had with flags is from 1812, when Ngāpuhi chief Ruatara returned to New Zealand after having … flying from the top of the stages. At one hākari in 1835, Ngāpuhi chief Hōne Heke climbed one of the hākari stages to …
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Part of story: Ngā haki – Māori and flags