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… geysers were active. Guide Alfred Warbrick was from Ngāti Rangitihi, not from Tūhourangi, who had previously … businesses in the Rotorua area remained in Māori ownership. Ngāti Rangiteaorere continued to control the thermal reserve … was managed by the Mokoia Island Trust, controlled by Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Rangiteaorere, Ngāti Rangiwewehi and …
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Part of story: Te tāpoi Māori – Māori tourism
… Hirini (Sidney) Whaanga Christy, great-grandson of Ngāti Rakaipaaka and Ngāti Kahungunu leader Īhaka Whaanga , was born on 16 August … Whaanga and his third wife, Mere Hunonga Schmidt (Mete) of Ngāti Te Kauaha, a hapū of Ngāti Rakaipaaka of Nūhaka. …
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… Hakaraia, and an endowment fund in his name. Ngāti Ranginui’s treaty settlement, valued at approximately … land of cultural and spiritual significance to Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui. Tapuika, a tribe closely related to Waitaha, … Mauao te maunga Ko Tauranga te moana Ko Ngāi Te Rangi, ko Ngāti Ranginui me Ngāti Pūkenga ngā iwi. Mauao is the …
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Part of story: Tauranga Moana
… ancestor of all fish). An important place of settlement for Ngāti Whakaue, Mokoia Island is still renowned as the home … Mokoia Island’s trust board has representatives from Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Uenukukōpako, Ngāti Rangiwewehi and Ngāti …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau places
… In 1856 Iwikau Te Heuheu of Ngāti Tūwharetoa convened a famous meeting known as Hīnana … the most powerful chief in New Zealand. Mātene Te Whiwhi of Ngāti Raukawa had canvassed the genealogical experts Te Hūkiki Te Ahukaramū and Te Whīoi of Ngāti Raukawa, who believed that Pōtatau was the most …
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Part of story: Kīngitanga – the Māori King movement
… by politician Tariana Turia as a ‘cherished kuia of Ngāti Whakaue o Te Arawa waka; darling of the silver screen; … groups aimed at preserving and enhancing te ao Māori: Ngāti Pōneke Young Māori Club, the Māori Women’s Welfare … Rotorua. She was the daughter of Nataria Haupapa, of the Ngāti Tunohopu hapū of Ngāti Whakaue, and her surveyor …
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… and Wharerauaruhe, belonged to Ngāi Te Ruahikihiki and Ngāti Moki hapū of Ngāi Tahu, both of them centred on … south and came to an end after 1828, as Te Rauparaha of Ngāti Toa began his invasions of the South Island. Beginning … parties. Taiaroa was at Kaiapoi pā when it was besieged by Ngāti Toa in 1831. He was returning to Ōtākou, escorted by …
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… His father, Robert Durie (Te Rama Apakura), was from the Ngāti Tahuriwakanui hapū of Ngāti Kauwhata; his mother, Hurihia (Hēni), was a daughter … 1909, at Feilding, Durie had married Kahurautete Matawhā of Ngāti Rangatahi and Ngāti Toa. His promising career in …
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… leader who for nearly 60 years was the main spokesman for Ngāti Awa in land dealings, court sessions, and social and … Mānuera and Ākutina Te Urukehu Hīpirini, both of Warahoe, Ngati Hāmua and Ngāti Whare. His adoptive parents were poor …
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… . His roots from his father were Te Whānau-ā-Apanui , Ngāti Paeakau, Te Whānau-a-Tūwāhiawa and Ngāti Patumoana (Ngāti Patu) of Te Whakatōhea; his mother, from Murihiku, was …
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… sheep farmer, and his wife, Waimātai Pāora, were both of Ngāti Kahungunu ; their main hapū were Ngāti Kurupakiaka and Ngāti Puata. She was also connected to Ngāti Awa through her …
Type: Biography
… to Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi of Whanganui, and to Ngāti Tuwharetoa of Taupō. At least four of his messengers … a chapel at the village. However, the killing of the four Ngāti Ruanui Christian messengers was one of the grievances … with muskets and copies of the New Testament, to support Ngāti Ruanui. At Rangitīkei they met Henry Williams, who …
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… Hunā was his father and his mother, Te Tāwai. They were of Ngāti Hine, whose identity with their territory runs thus: Tokerau is the mountain Taumārere the river Ngāti Hine the hapū Hineāmaru the ancestress. When Kawiti … nga Tohunga, at Taumārere, one of the ancestral villages of Ngāti Hine. As he gained a reputation as a fighting warlord, …
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… (Karanema) Te Nahu, who was in turn the eldest son of Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti leader Te Hāpuku and his senior wife, … direct links to Kahungunu . One hapū important to her was Ngāti Te Rangikoiānake. Hori’s father was a younger son of … arranged to repair the relations between Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngāti Kahungunu; his grandfather had been killed in the wars …
Type: Biography
… Te Whakatōhea, Ngāi Tūhoe, Te Whānau-a-Apanui, Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Kahu, and Pimia (Nen) Wehi of Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, … from the 1930s included members from a number of iwi. Ngāti Pōneke was formed in Wellington in 1936. In 1969 Pita Sharples of Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Te Kikiri o te Rangi and Ngāti …
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Part of story: Kapa Haka
… which now stands inside the Auckland Museum. Carved by Ngāti Awa experts in 1878, the house was a gift at the marriage of Mereana Mokomoko of Ngāti Awa, to Wīrope Hōtereni Taipari of Ngāti Maru. It is a magnificent example of 19th-century …
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Part of story: Marutūahu tribes
… the period in the 19th century King Tāwhiao spent in Ngāti Maniapoto territory, exiled from his Waikato homeland. … at Kāwhia and Mōkau. Maniapoto, the founding ancestor of Ngāti Maniapoto (the main iwi of the King Country), was … the Māori king, Tāwhiao, and his followers were exiled to Ngāti Maniapoto territory following the battle of Ōrākau in …
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Part of story: King Country region
… His grandmother, Te Rerehau, a woman of chiefly rank of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, married Te Tomo (also called Tute) of Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Raukawa. Te Tomo moved with Ngāti Raukawa to the Ōtaki …
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… Tomoana were MHRs for Eastern Māori. Paraire belonged to Ngāti Te Whatu-i-āpiti and Ngāti Kahungunu ; through his father he had links to the hapū Ngāti Hāwea, Ngāti Hōri, Ngāti Te Rēhunga and others, and …
Type: Biography
… tribes and sub-tribes Waikato confederation, including Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Māhanga and others; Ngāti Hauā; Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Maniapoto Population of …
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Part of story: Waikato region