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… Haerehuka, also known as Huka, was a chief of Ngāti Whakaue, of Te Arawa , and lived at Ōhinemutu. His … a descendant of Taua. Taua's wife was abducted to Taupōby Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Taua took a war party in pursuit. At … 10 years. On Christmas Day 1835 Haerehuka went to the Ngāti Rangiwewehi village at Parahaki, by Rotorua, where Te …
Type: Biography
… Hōne Hiki Kōhere and his wife Henarata Peretō (Bristow) of Ngāti Porou . Hēnare, a grandson of the Ngāti Porou chief Mōkena Kōhere and his wife Marara Hinekukurangi, was of Ngāti Piritai of Ngāi Tūitimatua and Te …
Type: Biography
… 498 Major regional locations Auckland: 312 Waikato: 78 Ngāti Hako 1991 census: 453 2001 census: 924 2006 census: … 1,392 Major regional locations Waikato: 597 Auckland: 363 Ngāti Hei 1991 census: 177 2001 census: 363 2006 census: 558 … 513 Major regional locations Waikato: 174 Auckland: 171 Ngāti Pūkenga 1991 census: 6 2001 census: 273 2006 census: …
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Part of story: Hauraki tribes
… Te Pōkiha Taranui belonged to Ngāti Pikiao of Te Arawa, and was descended from Te Tākinga … or Tarawera. In 1838 he was one of the chiefs who led Ngāti Pikiao to Lake Okataina in a dispute with Ngāti Tarāwhai, also of Te Arawa. There was desultory …
Type: Biography
… Te Aweawe and his first wife, Hinetārake. His hapū was Ngāti Hineaute, who trace their descent from Rangitāne and … particularly incensed by the attitudes of the newcomers, Ngāti Raukawa and Ngāti Kauwhata, in relation to land formerly possessed by …
Type: Biography
… was the son of Te Heuheu Herea and paramount chief of Ngāti Tūwharetoa of Taupō. He composed a waiata tangi … Kāwhia early in the 19th century. Her mother was Waitohi of Ngāti Toa and Ngāti Raukawa, and her father was Te Rā-ka-herea of Ngāti …
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Part of story: Māori composers – ngā kaitito waiata
… Tāroi, Wero Mahikore, Karu, and Wero, this master carver of Ngāti Tarāwhai of Te Arawa was one of the greatest Māori … was born in the early years of the nineteenth century, in a Ngāti Tarāwhai pā on Lake Okataina. His father was Mahikore and his mother Marukore, both of Ngāti Tarāwhai. He traced his descent from Te …
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… Rewi's father was Te Ngohi, also known as Kāwhia, of Ngāti Maniapoto . His mother was Te Kore, of Ngāti … practices, and military skills. His moko was that of a rangatira. Rewi was greatly influenced by missionary teaching … government intended to undermine Māori authority (te tino rangatiratanga) over their nationality and their land. Some of …
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… Bay. He belonged to Te Aowera and Te Aitanga-a-Mate of Ngāti Porou . His father was Hēnare Nihoniho, a major chief … of the missionary C. S. Völkner at Ōpōtiki had entered Ngāti Porou territory. Hēnare led Te Aowera against them but … Nihoniho took part in the fighting on the East Coast, with Ngāti Porou forces led by Rāpata Wahawaha . He joined other …
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… was attacked unsuccessfully by Armed Constabulary and Ngāti Porou with Wairoa allies led by Rāpata Wahawaha and … Ngātapa by the Armed Constabulary with Te Arawa and Ngāti Porou allies. Pursuit continues Following a siege … cut from nearby trees. The escape was soon detected by Ngāti Porou and Te Arawa, who followed in pursuit, …
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Part of story: New Zealand Wars
… They fought the neighbouring tribes of Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngāti Hauā for control of coastal Maketū, including Phillip … The tribe also made an unsuccessful raid into Te Urewera. Ngāti Tūwharetoa looks east and south In the 1820s and 1830s … from Waikato probed the Taupō area. Around the same time, Ngāti Tūwharetoa and others, under the paramount chief …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau region
… Through his father, Tūmanokia, Kawepō also belonged to Ngāti Hinemanu, and had connections with Ngāti Whiti and Ngāti Tama of Pātea, Ngāti Honomōkai and Ngāti Mahuika. …
Type: Biography
… known, was named after Te Rangiātaahua, an ancestor of his Ngāti Raukawa hapū, Ngāti Kikopiri. On his father’s side he could claim descent from Ngāti Raukawa and Ngāti Huia, and was a great-grandson of …
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… Te Rauparaha, known also as Katu, was the son of the great Ngāti Toa leader Te Rauparaha and his fifth and senior wife, Te Ākau of Tūhourangi. He was born at Pukearuhe, a Ngāti Tama pā in northern Taranaki, while Ngāti Toa were on their long journey from Kāwhia to the …
Type: Biography
… Tuta Tāmati, who belonged to Te Aitanga-a-Mate hapū of Ngāti Porou . She also had connections through her father … jam, preserving fruit, and welcoming the leading men of Ngāti Porou and many others who came to consult with Apirana … particularly for her skill at rallying the young people of Ngāti Porou, and her home was a meeting place for them. The …
Type: Biography
… tribes and sub-tribes Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, Ngā Rauru, Ngāti Apa, Ngāti Tamakōpiri, Ngāti Whitikaupeka, Ngāti Hinemanu, Ngāti Paki, Ngāti Hauiti …
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Part of story: Whanganui region
… to be made only on occasions of great significance.’ 1 Ngāti Kahungunu leader Īhāia Hūtana gave four examples of … chief Pāora Te Putu transferred lands around Kennedy Bay to Ngāti Porou. After his death, a mere (club) known as Whaita … but in the preceding whakapapa that linked us through to Ngati Maru from Ahuahu right through Ngati Maru and all …
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Part of story: Take whenua – Māori land tenure
… Rāwiri Rota Tāhiwi, a Native Land Court assessor, was of Ngāti Raukawa and Ngāti Maiōtaki. His mother, Keita Koa, who was also known as … Kapu Meaha and Keita Pera, was of Te Arawa, with links to Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Pūkākī, Ngāti Tahu and Ngāti Whaoa. …
Type: Biography
… of Te Rangihakahaka Te Whāiti and Hine-ki-te-rangi, both of Ngāti Kahungunu of Wairarapa. His mother was the sister of Hoani Parāone Tūnuiārangi , a noted Ngāti Kahungunu leader and tribal historian. Irāia had two … in the traditions and genealogies of the many hapū of Ngāti Kahungunu of Wairarapa. In later life he was regarded …
Type: Biography
… Born in the Ngāti Tama stronghold of Poutama, North Taranaki, early in the nineteenth century, Paremata was the eldest son of Ngāti Tama fighting chief Te Taku, and Kauhoe of Ngāti Hinetuhi, a hapū of Ngāti Mutunga. His paternal …
Type: Biography