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… and Te Rarawa , but he also had links with Ngāti Kahu, Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Whātua. Kāmira was raised as a Catholic … but more contemporary songs included a lament by Ngāpuhi leader Te Ruki Kawiti for the loss of Māori … who died in 1933. One 20-verse paopao expressed fears that Ngāpuhi would disappear like their land; five of its verses …
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… His father, Pouaka Parore, was of the leading families of Ngāpuhi and Te Roroa, his especial hapū being Te Kuihi of … in a celebrated case before the Native Land Court in which Ngāpuhi sought acknowledgement of customary Māori ownership … waters. Parore assisted E. C. Blomfield as advocate for Ngāpuhi. He based his case on the protection of Māori …
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… they had a daughter, Makere Te Materonea. In 1818, when Ngāpuhi attacked and devastated Ngāti Porou, they escaped … Pōmare I , with Te Wera Hauraki and Tiīore, led another Ngāpuhi attack on the East Coast. Ngāti Porou in the East … in the Taitai hill country near Hikurangi mountain. A Ngāpuhi warrior, Taotaoriri, guarded her. A large party …
Type: Biography
… it was not until 1990 that a Māori player, Adam Parore (Ngāpuhi) would represent New Zealand in a test match. A … Whakatōhea), Leanne Baker (Tainui) and Shelley Stephens (Ngāpuhi) were winners of the New Zealand women’s tennis … included five players with Māori heritage: Amber Hearn (Ngāpuhi), Kristy Hill (Te Arawa), Rebecca Smith (Ngāi Tahu), …
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Part of story: Māori and sport – hākinakina
… and had them sewn. The flags were presented to a hui of Ngāpuhi chiefs on 20 March 1834, with a majority selecting … Jack, Te Haki On four occasions in 1844–45 Hōne Heke, a Ngāpuhi chief, objecting to the flying of the British flag, … but should be shared with Māori. Te Ruki Kawiti, another Ngāpuhi chief, said he would just as soon die as let the …
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Part of story: Ngā haki – Māori and flags
… Ngāti Tipa of Waikato and Ngāti Pāoa of Hauraki defeated a Ngāpuhi war party led by Rangituke. That same year Paiaka of … Waikato. Ngāti Maru left the region as a result. In 1831 a Ngāpuhi war party led by Te Haramiti was beaten by Ngāti … to hold out against Waikato. In 1832 Te Wherowhero attacked Ngāpuhi at Tutukākā, north of Whangārei. The same year he …
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Part of story: Musket wars
… tribes of the north, but was most closely affiliated to Ngāpuhi through Ngāti Rāhiri, Ngai Tāwake, Ngāti Tautahi, Te … he helped to introduce rugby to the area and captained the Ngāpuhi team. The Hōne Heke cup, established as a trophy for … Māori parliament. In 1892 Hōne Heke may have accompanied a Ngāpuhi contingent to Waipatu, Hawke's Bay, to consider the …
Type: Biography
… adopted the hapū name Te Kuihi, and from the renowned Ngāpuhi chief Te Ponaharakeke of Ngāti Ruangaio. His mother, … Pēhirangi, was a grand-daughter of Te Whakaaria, a famous Ngāpuhi leader of Ngāi Tāwake and Ngāti Tautahi and close … Te Tirarau and Te Ihi. In the early 1820s attacks against Ngāpuhi by Ngāti Maru led Parore, Tāwera and Kūkupa to take …
Type: Biography
… Muskets Te Arawa also faced enemy tribes, such as Ngāpuhi, armed with muskets obtained from Europeans. Te … tow, confident that they were safe from the muskets of the Ngāpuhi leader Hongi Hika. But their coastal enemies, Ngāi Te Rangi, assisted Ngāpuhi in portaging canoes from the headwaters of the …
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Part of story: Te Arawa
… Hāmiora Wiremu Maioha, of Ngāi Tawake hapū of Ngāpuhi resident in the Bay of Islands, was often known as … was the son of Wiremu Tarapīpipi Maioha and Kariti Toi of Ngāpuhi. His paternal grandmother was Rīmaumau (Mākere) of Ngāpuhi. She had married Hōne Maioha, a cousin of the …
Type: Biography
… affiliated. The figures below show the number who indicated Ngāpuhi (including those who indicated more than one tribe), …
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Part of story: Ngāpuhi
… of the eighteenth century. He was connected by descent to Ngāpuhi hapū Ngāti Rangi, Ngāti Rāhiri and Ngāti Hine, and … and Rāwhiti were Ngare Raumati, who had been at war with Ngāpuhi for two generations. The increasing frequency of … pā, at present day Panmure, Auckland. The combined Ngāpuhi contingents then moved to the attack on Te Tōtara …
Type: Biography
… Maketū, also known as Maketū Wharetōtara, the son of Ngāpuhi chief Ruhe, was born in the hinterland of the Bay of … Thomas Bull; and Isabella Brind, the grand-daughter of Ngāpuhi leader Rewa. Isabella's parents were William Darby … area and, to avoid war with Rewa, Ruhe surrendered his son. Ngāpuhi leaders, among them Pōmare II , Waikato, Tāmati Wāka …
Type: Biography
… he was his own). Tāmati Wāka Nene In the mid-19th century Ngāpuhi chief Tāmati Wāka Nene travelled to Tauranga, where … Timoti, under his care as an atawhai. When Nene later died, Ngāpuhi chief Eruera Patuone then took on Timoti as an … tamaiti whāngai Maori ta te Kuini, ko te tamai a Pomare, no Ngapuhi’ 1 (few are aware that Queen Victoria has a Māori …
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Part of story: Whāngai – customary fostering and adoption
… 1807–8 at Moremonui, Northland, between Ngāti Whātua and Ngāpuhi . While Ngāti Whātua had only traditional weapons, their well-executed ambush defeated Ngāpuhi, who were armed with muskets. There were also …
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Part of story: Musket wars
… Ngāti Rāhiri take their name from the ancestor Rāhiri. The Ngāpuhi people of Northland also have a founding ancestor … being the ancestor of Ngāti Rāhiri, and the younger that of Ngāpuhi. Rāhiri the elder was associated with the Mataatua …
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Part of story: Hauraki tribes
… Manukau Harbour. Later, warriors were sent north to fight Ngāpuhi, who responded by sending forces south. Such were … with the sacking of Te Tōtara (a pā near Thames) by the Ngāpuhi chief Hongi Hika. In the 19th century Hauāuru …
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Part of story: Marutūahu tribes
… by Hineamaru, a descendant of Rāhiri, the ancestor of the Ngāpuhi tribe. Caves at the village of Waiōmio, 4 km south … conflict in the Bay of Islands between British troops and Ngāpuhi forces led by Hōne Heke and Kawiti. The bat’s nest …
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Part of story: Northland places
… in turn descended from Puhi-moana-ariki, the ancestor of Ngāpuhi. In addition to Ngāti Rāhiri and Ngāti Rēhia he was … with Ngāti Tautahi and Ngāi Tāwake. The defeat of Ngāpuhi by Ngāti Whātua in the battle of Moremonui, at … related Ngāti Whātua hapū for a long period. Although some Ngāpuhi were armed with muskets, Murupaenga , leader of …
Type: Biography
… the central north from Hokianga to the Bay of Islands were Ngāpuhi, a confederation of many tribes, all descended from … retained a strong independent identity. To the south of Ngāpuhi on both coasts, there were tribes of the Ngāti … moved offshore to Manawatawhi (Three Kings Islands). The Ngāpuhi tribe was consolidating its heartland in the fertile …
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Part of story: Northland region