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… Kāterina Keretene (Cherrington), of Ngāti Hine and Ngāpuhi . Wikitōria was the younger daughter of Canon W. H. … Board, and had been appointed controller of the Waitangi Ngāpuhi organisation for the visit. He was responsible for …
Type: Biography
… explorer. Hokianga has a long Māori history, and a strong Ngāpuhi presence today. European traders The harbour was one … the English were worried about French colonising ambitions. Ngāpuhi chiefs provided land for him at Hokianga, on …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Northland places
… notions of civic responsibility and service. They included Ngāpuhi and the other tribes in the far north; Ngāti … first 50 Ethel Watkins Taylor (later Ethel Pritchard) of Ngāpuhi was, in 1915, one of the first contingent of 50 …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ngā pakanga ki tāwāhi – Māori and overseas wars
… pūriri trees are laughing In the 18th century the dominant Ngāpuhi tribe evicted the people of Ngāti Pou from the Taiāmai plains. The displaced people saw the fires Ngāpuhi had made with pūriri wood and heard the burning …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Northland region
… Nēhua and Hare Paerau Waetford, a bushman. She was of Ngāpuhi descent, and a descendant of Eru Patuone of Ngāti …
Type: Biography
… would escort him to safety. He is said to have fought Ngāpuhi and Waikato at the Waipaoa River in 1820, and to have escaped in a canoe. Later he became an ally of the Ngāpuhi chief Te Wera Hauraki and fought against a section …
Type: Biography
… other tribes from the north – Ngāti Whātua, Te Roroa, Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Toa – raided Taranaki, armed with muskets. …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Taranaki tribe
… descendant of Te Whareumu of Ngāti Manu, now regarded as Ngāpuhi ; her mother was the eldest daughter of Hōne and …
Type: Biography
… an English whaler. He took as his wife Tīraha, who was of Ngāpuhi and Kapotai and kin to several important Hokianga …
Type: Biography
… Ralph Hōtere of the Aupōuri tribe, and Shane Cotton of Ngāpuhi, whose works have featured people and places … the setting for several novels. The poet Hone Tuwhare, of Ngāpuhi descent, reflected on his Northland origins in some …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Northland region
… as neighbouring tribes and places. The chant ‘Te Whare-o-Ngāpuhi’ outlines the boundaries of the Ngāpuhi tribe. Numerous stories also outline the travels of …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Tapa whenua – naming places
… to firearms, which changed the nature of warfare. The Ngāpuhi confederation of Northland, one of the first tribes … their Ngāti Toa allies in the 1820s and 1830s. Meanwhile, Ngāpuhi made periodic raids. It was during this period of …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Waikato region
… Tūpaea probably fought against the invading musket-armed Ngāpuhi in 1818 and 1820, and against Ngāti Maru in 1828. He … Maru at the battle of Taumatawīwī in Waikato in 1830. When Ngāpuhi raids resumed in the early 1830s Ngāi Te Rangi were … victory at Mōtītī Island: they destroyed a war party of 150 Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Kurī warriors led by Te Haramiti. Ngāi Te …
Type: Biography
… Other tribes descend from several canoes. For example, Ngāpuhi in Northland traces its origins to the Matawhaorua , …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Tribal organisation
… the four Māori parliamentary seats were created in 1867, Ngāpuhi prophet Āperahama Taonui protested, ‘What are these … be as compared with the Pakeha voices?’ 1 Along with other Ngāpuhi leaders he believed candidates should be appointed …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Tōrangapū – Māori and political parties
… and escalated the killings in tribal conflicts . The Ngāpuhi tribe, led by Hongi Hika , devastated southerly …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: History
… The early missionaries were appalled at the sight of Ngāpuhi raiding parties returning from other tribal areas with large numbers of captured slaves. Some of these Ngāpuhi became Christians and agreed to release their …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Cultural go-betweens
… salmon or sardines became widely available. A picnic with Ngāpuhi At a Boxing Day picnic in 1888 Hokianga Ngāpuhi played host to their settler neighbours. The huge …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Picnics and barbecues
… settler F. E. Maning and Moengaroa of Te Hikutu, a hapū of Ngāpuhi . Her parents divorced, and after her mother’s …
Type: Biography
… was from Waihou, Hokianga, and was of chiefly rank in Ngāpuhi . Although she was a full Māori, only English was …
Type: Biography