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… Population and settlement With over 35,000 members in 2013, Ngāti Maniapoto is one of the larger tribes. There are some … (the legendary grandson of Raukawa) to live with a chief of Ngāti Maru. When Wairangi came with a few men to take her back, she warned him that Ngāti Maru were planning to massacre them. Her much-quoted …
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Part of story: Ngāti Maniapoto
… Ngāti Tūwharetoa Trust Board On 15 November 1926, the first … of those early representatives. The board advised Ngāti Tūwharetoa on taking stock of its resources, both land … continues to support the people through education grants. Ngāti Tūwharetoa ki Kawerau (Bay of Plenty) When the sons of …
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Part of story: Ngāti Tūwharetoa
… The people of Ngāti Ruanui have a traditional saying: Ko Aotea te waka Ko … ki runga Ko Taranaki te maunga Ko Waingongoro te awa Ko Ngāti Ruanui te iwi. Aotea is the canoe Turi is the ancestor Taranaki is the mountain Waingongoro is the river Ngāti Ruanui is the tribe. From Rangiātea to New Zealand …
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Part of story: Ngāti Ruanui
… Ngāti Kurī Ngāti Kurī descend from Pōhurihanga, the captain of the … lay down and eventually died; ‘takoto’ means to lie down. Ngāti Kahu The tribe takes its name from … Rangaunu Harbour. (This connection was once very important; Ngāti Kahu were sometimes known as Ngāi Tamatea.) Other …
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Part of story: Muriwhenua tribes
… to Auckland meant there was extra pressure for land. Ngāti Whātua sold 3,000 acres (1,214 hectares) to the Crown … the tribe’s accessible land in Auckland was gone. By 1900 Ngāti Whātua were reduced to living at Ōkahu Bay in Ōrākei. … the church and cemetery remained. Bastion Point and beyond Ngāti Whātua have been at the forefront of action over …
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Part of story: Ngāti Whātua
… burial there of the commander of Te Arawa , Tamatekapua. Ngāti Huarere The people of Ngāti Huarere are of Te Arawa descent. Their ancestor is Huarere, a grandson of Tamatekapua. For some time the Ngāti Huarere identity was set aside but never entirely …
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Part of story: Hauraki tribes
… Te Pikinga was a member of the senior family of Ngāti Apa . She was the younger sister of Te Arapata Hiria. … moved south in 1819. The expedition joined Te Rauparaha of Ngāti Toa at Kāwhia and other leaders in Taranaki. Arriving … area, the war party surprised the Wanganui tribes and Ngāti Apa sheltering at Purua pā on the Wanganui River. …
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… Waitāoro of Ngāti Tama was born, according to family tradition, on the … probably in 1848 or 1849. Her mother was Rongorongo of Ngāti Toa , who was a descendant of Werawera, the father of … , and his first wife, Waitāoro. Her father was Rāniera of Ngāti Tama. She was also kin to Ngāti Maniapoto. Waitāoro's …
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… Awa joined forces with several other tribes. These included Ngāti Toa of Kāwhia, and the northernmost Taranaki tribes, Ngāti Mutunga and Ngāti Tama. Incentives for migration The Kāwhia tribes of …
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Part of story: Te Āti Awa of Wellington
… as Te Whata, Toheāpare, or Toheata, was the son of Tihao of Ngāti Huia and Ngāti Parewahawaha, two hapū of Ngāti Raukawa. His mother … was to be regarded as the leading chief of Ngāti Raukawa. Ngati Raukawa were increasingly threatened as the wars …
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… Waitohi was the daughter of Werawera, of Ngāti Toa , and his second wife, Parekōwhatu (Parekōhatu), of Ngāti Raukawa. She was probably born in Waikato but her date … daughters of Waitohi were killed in the conflicts between Ngāti Toa and the Waikato peoples in the early nineteenth …
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… at Kāwhia. Through this ancestral connection with Hoturoa, Ngāti Maniapoto belong to the Tainui confederation of … of the crew disembarked to continue their journey overland. Ngāti Maniapoto Ngāti Maniapoto is the main iwi (tribe) of the King Country. …
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Part of story: King Country region
… have maintained a presence, including Te Patukirikiri, Ngāti Huarere, Ngāti Hako, Te Whakatōhea, Ngāti Hei, Ngāti Rāhiri, Ngāti Tara, Ngā Marama, Ngāi Tai …
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Part of story: Hauraki tribes
… The father of Te Waharoa was Tangimoana of Ngāti Hauā. His mother was Te Kahurangi. The brother of … mother, was sacked by a party of Te Arawa, led by Pango of Ngāti Whakaue. Pango took Te Waharoa to the Rotorua … Te Arawa. When he was a young man Te Waharoa returned to Ngāti Hauā. He participated in a number of fights when Ngāti …
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… Ngāti Awa trace their ancestry back to people they believe … left their footprints in many parts of the country. Today, Ngāti Awa are based in eastern Bay of Plenty, with … Te Teko, Edgecumbe, Matatā and Kawerau. First ancestors Ngāti Awa’s first ancestors were Māui-tikitiki-a-taranga, …
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Part of story: Ngāti Awa
… late eighteenth century, at Poutama, the tribal homeland of Ngāti Tama, in northern Taranaki. He was the eldest son of … as a cousin. Te Pūoho's tribal affiliations were with both Ngāti Tama and Ngāti Toa ; some accounts identify his father as Ngāti Toa …
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… four crew members of Abel Tasman’s ships were killed by Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri near Separation Point, on the edge of … and environs in the 1770s. Interaction was mainly with Ngāti Kuia and Rangitāne, although visits from groups from … Cook’s navigator Tobias Furneaux died at the hands of the Ngāti Kuia and Rangitāne chief, Kahura, and his warriors. In …
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Part of story: Te Tau Ihu tribes
… which spread throughout and beyond the Waikato region. The Ngāti Maniapoto tribe were descendants of Maniapoto, who … his people settled the area around Kāwhia and to the south. Ngāti Toarangatira (also known as Ngāti Toa), whose ancestor was Tūpāhau, originally lived at …
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Part of story: Waikato region