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… your Friend ‘Samuel Marsden.’ 1 Ruatara In 1805 the young Ngāpuhi chief Ruatara , from Rangihoua in the Bay of … travels to Sydney, and was an important link between his Ngāpuhi relatives and Pākehā. Eruera wrote a number of …
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Part of story: Cultural go-betweens
… had acquired guns in his dealings with European traders, Ngāpuhi destroyed the Ngāti Pāoa pā at Mauinaina (Panmure). …
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Part of story: Tāmaki tribes
… Kaihu). This last peak is named for the ancestor Rāhiri, of Ngāpuhi. Settlement Methodists had a mission station …
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Part of story: Northland places
… His father belonged to Te Māhurehure, a hapū of the Ngāpuhi confederation, and the family was also connected … to the council of Tūhourangi at Rotorua, he indicated that Ngāpuhi wanted the court abolished and the law changed so … Moehau, the ancestral canoe Ōmāmari, the descent lines of Ngāpuhi from Tumutumuwhenua and Nukutawhiti, and Hongi Hika …
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… his father he was descended from Rāhiri, ancestor of Ngāpuhi; through his mother, Te Kawehau, he was descended … to Patuone and his sister Tari. During Tapua's lifetime Ngāpuhi, originally of Kaikohe, were establishing their … made his mark as a warrior and a leader in the wars between Ngāpuhi and Te Roroa, initially taking the side of Ngāpuhi. …
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… Āperahama Taonui was the visionary leader of Ngāpuhi hapū Te Popoto of Utakura in the upper Hokianga, and … as the first Northern Māori representative, and, with other Ngāpuhi leaders, he urged a system of tribal selection of … as making the following prophecy in 1863: ' "Chiefs of Ngāpuhi listen to me. Do not drape the Treaty of Waitangi …
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… Taurekareka (Tau) Hēnare was a Ngāpuhi leader noted for his commitment to the welfare, land … his people. His first name was that of a Ngāti Whātua and Ngāpuhi ancestor, and he was closely connected to great … against the conscription of Māori, expressing the view that Ngāpuhi had never been reluctant to offer their services. He …
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… and Māmari are important canoes for the tribes of Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa and Te Aupōuri. Tinana and Te Māmaru The … northward along the coast to the Hokianga. The earliest Ngāpuhi account says that Mataatua landed in the north …
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Part of story: Canoe traditions
… wife, Annabella Gillies, whose mother was of Ngāti Toro of Ngāpuhi . Her parents met when Annabella Gillies was living …
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… had many dealings with other Māori, not always happily. Ngāpuhi invaders wreaked havoc from 1818. In the late 1820s, … Hauraki and Tauranga people over the western harbour. Ngāpuhi war parties returned in the early 1830s to attack …
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Part of story: Bay of Plenty region
… fight battles in Waikato against Ngāti Toa and the invading Ngāpuhi, and against Ngāti Tama in Taranaki. In 1820 … and Ngāti Maniapoto forces were routed by musket-bearing Ngāpuhi in a battle near Pirongia. Pōtatau Te Wherowhero of …
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Part of story: King Country region
… journal included Hare Hongi, also known as Henry Stowell (Ngāpuhi), Hoani Tunuiārangi (Ngāti Kahungunu), Timi Waata … and Pat Hohepa worked with Jeff Sissons to write about Ngāpuhi in The p uriri trees are laughing (1987). …
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… Te Whiu, a labourer, and his wife, Sarah (Hera), both of Ngāpuhi . The family were poor and as a child Edward stole …
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… (Bay of Islands) Ngāti Tama: The People of Tama (Taranaki) Ngāpuhi: The People of Puhi (Northland) Ngāi Tūhoe: The …
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Part of story: Tribal organisation
… 22 December 1814, on board the Active . Also on board was Ngāpuhi leader Ruatara, who had been visiting Sydney. He had …
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Part of story: Horses
… stemmed from quarrels he had with Te Aupōuri and Ngāpuhi over the sale of land to Pākehā-Māori, and the … Clashes with Te Aupōuri were followed by clashes with Ngāpuhi. Pana-kareao had hereditary rights over the Ōruru Valley but he had permitted some landless Ngāpuhi relatives to settle there under their leader, …
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… Te Whetūkamokamo, had died in battle against a Ngāpuhi force. Later, Ngāti Hine of Ngāpuhi sent young rangatira women and men to intermarry …
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… Waikato against occupation by neighbouring tribes. After Ngāpuhi raids in the Hauraki area, culminating in an attack … Hauā. When in 1831 Tauranga people were threatened by a Ngāpuhi expedition, led by Te Haramiti, Te Waharoa and Ngāti Hauā went to their assistance. Ngāpuhi were defeated in a battle on Motiti Island. At times …
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… Book Awards, and Ocean roads (2006). In 2013 George (of Ngāpuhi) was a committee member of Te Ha, which was … Ora Book Awards in 2011. Alice Tawhai Alice Tawhai (Tainui, Ngāpuhi) was inspired to write fiction after reading Keri …
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Part of story: Māori fiction – ngā tuhinga paki
… of two peoples living under te tiriti. For Māori like Ngāpuhi lawyer Moana Tuwhare, the key goal is true partnership and genuine power-sharing. ‘People in Ngāpuhi are over the situation where they are passive …
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Part of story: Te Tiriti o Waitangi – the Treaty of Waitangi