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… with Ngāi Tuiti-Matua and Te Whānau-a-Tūwhakairiora of the Ngāti Porou tribal confederation. He succeeded to the … Mōkena was appointed principal assessor for the Ngāti Porou runanga in the combined districts of Waiapu and … mine, not the pākehā's'. This action, an expression of rangatiratanga, safeguarded Ngāti Porou land from …
Type: Biography
… Tarapīpipi was the second son of Te Waharoa of Ngāti Hauā. His mother was Rangi Te Wiwini. He was born in … the Taranaki and Waikato districts. In 1825, in support of Ngāti Korokī kin, he led a retaliatory attack on Ngāti Hinetū, a sub-tribe of Ngāti Apakura, at a pā called …
Type: Biography
… Ōtaki At Ōtaki, the Ngāti Raukawa tribe’s wharenui (meeting house), built in … of the phoenix Rangiātea Church was the shared vision of Ngāti Toa chief Te Rauparaha and early missionaries, … Porirua Takapūwāhia marae in Porirua is on the Ngāti Toarangatira tribe’s land in Elsdon. It features the ornately …
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Part of story: Wellington region
… The tribes The tribes of the Marutūahu confederation are Ngāti Rongoū, Ngāti Tamaterā, Ngāti Whanaunga, Ngāti Maru and Ngāti Pāoa. They are all …
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Part of story: Marutūahu tribes
… up both reaches’. The Ngāi Tara people were succeeded by Ngāti Kahungunu, then Ngāti Ira who, in turn, were displaced in the 1820s by Ngāti Toarangatira. Māori–European conflict In 1846, tension …
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Part of story: Wellington places
… north of Te Kūiti, probably in the 1840s. He belonged to Ngāti Kinohaku, kin to Ngāti Maniapoto . Little is known of his parentage or … , the prophets of Parihaka. Te Mahuki and other members of Ngāti Kinohaku lived in Parihaka from the late 1870s. They …
Type: Biography
… Ngāikiha Halbert, whose parents were Keita Kaikiri of Ngāti Kaipoho, a hapū of Rongowhakaata , and Thomas Halbert, … father was Paratene Tatae, a farmer of Rongowhakaata and Ngāti Porou. Paratene’s father, Te Wārihi Pōtini (Pototī), … Tākou (Rōpiha) of Waipāwa, both leading local families of Ngāti Marau, Ngāti Parakiore, Ngāti Rangitotohu and Ngāti …
Type: Biography
… at Havelock, Marlborough, on 8 August 1874, of Rangitāne , Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Apa and Muaūpoko descent. He was the second child and … Rina's father was Meihana Kereopa, the son of a prominent Ngāti Kuia and Ngāti Apa leader, Kereopa Ngārangi, and Hana …
Type: Biography
… and her second husband, Toke Wātene, a farmer of Ngāti Maru descent. He had a half-brother from his mother’s … Kataraina Mātene, the daughter of Mātene Te NgĀ, a noted Ngāti Maru chief. He had strong connections to the Tainui, … and Tākitimu canoes. His iwi and hapū affiliations included Ngāti Te Aute, Ngāti Whanaunga, Ngāti Hauāuru, Ngāti Paoa …
Type: Biography
… 1840s. His mother was Maata Kōtakitaki, whose parents were Ngāti Whakaiti chief Tūāhu and his wife, Meretuhirangi. His … from Kahungunu, from Te Aomatarahi of Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Ira, and from earlier tribal groups occupying Hawke's Bay. The territory of Mohi's two main hapū, Ngāti Whakaiti and Ngāti Kautere, lay in the Waimārama …
Type: Biography
… of Āpihai Te Kawau , and Whanararei, from Te Taou hapū of Ngāti Whātua. Te Taou cultivated land at Horotiu, which is … not a warrior like his father, but was the chosen leader of Ngāti Whātua after the death of Āpihai Te Kawau. In 1841 he … sailed for Rarotonga on 26 February. He was received as a rangatira and returned to New Zealand in April with a cargo of …
Type: Biography
… son of Te Hōtete, born of his second wife, Tuhikura, of Ngāti Rēhia. He was descended through nine generations from Rāhiri, the ancestor of Ngāti Rāhiri, who was in turn descended from … Puhi-moana-ariki, the ancestor of Ngāpuhi. In addition to Ngāti Rāhiri and Ngāti Rēhia he was most closely associated …
Type: Biography
… at Ōtewā. They included Kepa’s father, Ehau Puka Ānaha of Ngāti Tarāwhai, and his mother, Te Kirikauri of Ngāti Hurungaterangi. Te Kirikauri was of Ngāti Whakaue, descended from Hurunga Te Rangi to Pango …
Type: Biography
… oratorical skill and a leader of great mana among Ngāti Toa , Ngāti Raukawa and Te Āti Awa. He was MP for Western Māori … paternal grandmother was Unaiki Whare Angiangi, a leader of Ngāti Tūranga and Ngāti Huia descent, hapū of Ngāti Raukawa. …
Type: Biography
… . Through her father she was affiliated to many of the Ngāti Kahungunu hapū resident in south Wairarapa, including Ngāti Hinewaka, Ngāi Tūkoko and Rākaiwhakairi. Through her mother, Kaihau was affiliated to Ngāti Maniapoto, South Island Ngāi Tahu, and Ngāti Kauhi …
Type: Biography
… under the direction of Apirana Ngata, it is a memorial to Ngāti Porou soldiers who fought and died in the First World … where one of the last confrontations between Pai Mārire and Ngāti Porou forces took place in 1865. Rangitukia is 6 km … Waiapu River is the major artery and spiritual heart of the Ngāti Porou landscape. Its two principal tributaries, the …
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Part of story: East Coast places
… Plateau: 0.5% New Zealand: 1.2% Principal tribes Te Arawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Rangiteaorere, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Rangiwewehi, …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau region
… the Pukehanga block at Rotokohu, near Paeroa, from Ngāti Koi, a sub-tribe of Ngāti Tamaterā. However, the sale was opposed by another sub-tribe, Ngāti Hako, who claimed ownership of the block, and they had …
Type: Biography
… a Bay of Plenty trader, and Hineitūrama (Hineatūrama) Ngātiki , a high-ranking member of Ngāti Whakaue, a section of Te Arawa . In early 1836 a war party of Ngāti Hauā from Matamata destroyed Maketū pā, driving the …
Type: Biography
… One such composer in the 19th century was Puhiwahine, of Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Maniapoto. Pei Te Hurinui Jones commented that her … on topical matters. Whaikōrero In some tribes, such as Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Kahungunu, women of mana perform …
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Part of story: Te mana o te wāhine – Māori women