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… fishing areas. At Pukerua Bay, north of Wellington, the Ngāti Toa tribe worked with the residents’ association to … so the local fishery could be replenished. Four tribes (Ngāti Kahungunu, Rangitāne, Muaūpoko and Ngāti Raukawa) have come together to address pollution of …
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Part of story: Kaitiakitanga – guardianship and conservation
… The main marae of Ngāti Rongomaiwahine are Tuahuru, Te Rakato, Ruawharo, … Okurarenga. In 1832 it was besieged by a combined force of Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Waikato, Te Arawa and Tūhoe, armed with …
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Part of story: Ngāti Rongomaiwahine
… by the Waiōmio Stream. It is known as the cradle of the Ngāti Hine people. The area was discovered by Hineamaru, a … south of Kawakawa, are on land owned by descendants of the Ngāti Hine ancestor Te Ruki Kawiti. The caves have delicate … bat’s nest’. This extraordinary fortification, designed by Ngāti Hine rangatira Te Ruki Kawiti, incorporated palisades, …
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Part of story: Northland places
… The collective name for the people of the river, Ngāti Hau, is in some versions said to have come from … other tribes, such as those of the Tainui confederation, Ngāti Raukawa and Ngāti Maniapoto, as well as Ngāti Kahungunu of the Tākitimu …
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Part of story: Whanganui tribes
… Pukerangiora. He took part in a revenge attack against the Ngāti Maniapoto pā of Motutaua at Mōkau in March 1832. … Īhāia (Isaiah). After 1840, when some of the Waikato and Ngāti Maniapoto leaders came under the influence of … of Īhāia's life. Taranaki tribes met at Manawapou, in Ngāti Ruanui territory, in May and pledged themselves to …
Type: Biography
… Tīkina. He belonged to the Tūhoe hapū, Te Urewera, and to Ngāti Rongo. He married Te Ākiu of Ngāti Koura, with whom he had two children. His father was … the tribes of Mātaatua in order to avenge Te Umuariki. Ngāti Awa, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Te Whakatōhea and Tūhoe put …
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… known as Rātana pā. Her father’s iwi and hapū included Ngāti Rangiwaho and Nga Wairiki (two hapū of Ngāti Apa ), Ngā Rauru and Ngāti Hine of Whanganui. Her mother was of various Whanganui …
Type: Biography
… such as Ainsley Gardiner (Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Awa) and Chelsea Winstanley (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi) have been involved in a …
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Part of story: Feature film
… was the second son of Te Pohepohe (also known as Pītau) of Ngāti Maru, and Hinekoua of Ngāti Kaipoho. He also belonged to Ngāi Tāmanuhiri. As a … who fashioned Kaitāngata, the house of Te Rangihaeata of Ngāti Toa, on Mana Island. Some traditions state that he …
Type: Biography
… of the captors' identity; they may have been Tūhoe, or Ngāti Tūwharetoa with Ngāti Raukawa allies. Hirini's father signed the Treaty of … a division of Rongowhakaata, sent for the pro-government Ngāti Porou leader Mōkena Kōhere . Together they raised a …
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… as Hēni Pore (Jane Foley) and as Jane Russell, belonged to Ngāti Uenukukōpako and Ngāti Hinepare of Te Arawa. She was descended from … Hēni accompanied them, and there married Te Kiri Karamū, of Ngāti Rangiteaorere of Te Arawa, who was working as a …
Type: Biography
… wife, Te Riutoto Aihe. John was the son of Merekaimanu of Ngāti Whanaunga and Ngāti Pāoa and Edward Telford Davis, of Welsh and Irish descent. Te Riutoto was of Ngāti Kinohaku and Ngāti Te Kanawa hapū of Ngāti Maniapoto. …
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… the eleventh child of 13. His mother was Koau Susie Hona of Ngāti Awa hapū Te Patuwai, daughter of Wiremu Hona and Te … Hohepa Harawira of Ngāi Te Rangi and Ihipera Armstrong of Ngāti Maniapoto. At home he learnt traditional Māori values, … 1973, at Poroporo, Joe married Parepikiao Rapana, of Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Pūkeko and Ngāti Whātua. Together they had …
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… of Ngāpuhi; his grandmother was Te Toka-i-Tawhio, leader of Ngāti Ruangaio. Although he is often referred to as a … to Te Uri-o-Hau, a tribal group which had links with Ngāti Whātua. He also belonged to Ngāi Tāhuhu and Te … witnessed inter-tribal conflict. Sometime before 1820 Ngāti Pāoa mounted a raid on Te Parawhau at Onemānia, and …
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… from Māori hearing Pākehā saying ‘Come here’ to horses. Ngāti Porou people called a large horse a ‘hōiho pūru kāta’ … or Māori owners. Kaimanawa horses are associated with Ngāti Tūwharetoa, and the Ngāti Tama Whiti hapū in particular. They are seen as …
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Part of story: Hōiho – horses and iwi
… Tāmati Ngākaho was of Te Whānau-a-Rāhui of Ngāti Porou , from Rākaihoea at Kākāriki, near Waiomatatini … house at the Canterbury Museum in Christchurch with another Ngāti Porou carver, Hone Tahu (Taahu). Tahu had designed the … 1875 or 1876, he secured the timbers to build a house for Ngāti Porou. Tāmati Ngākaho worked with an adze on the slabs …
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… Arawa , and her father, Te Aewa, a notable warrior, was of Ngāti Tūpoho of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi. He also had kinship ties with Ngāti Apa, Rangitāne and Ngā Rauru. Rere-ō-maki had at least eight brothers and sisters. Hōri Kīngi Te Ānaua , the Ngāti Ruaka leader, and Te Māwae were her brothers. Two …
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… resettled and displaced other tribes. For instance, Ngāti Toarangatira, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Mutunga, Te Āti Awa and Ngāti Tama migrated from …
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Part of story: Tribal organisation
… invasions of the early 19th century nor the attentions of Ngāti Toa under the leadership of Te Rauparaha. Ngāpuhi … of the invaders at Mangatoa. Te Peehi also ensured that Ngāti Raukawa, who attacked the upper river twice, were … returning to his new tribal home on Kāpiti Island, and Ngāti Raukawa again attacked Pūtiki pā. This time many of …
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Part of story: Whanganui tribes
… on the woman. According to Peter Buck (Te Rangi Hīroa), in Ngāti Kahungunu, first-born females of senior families were … Rangitopeora Another female leader was Te Rangitopeora of Ngāti Toa. A signatory to the Treaty of Waitangi, she was … politician James Carroll, had a moko kauae. So did the Ngāti Apa prophet Mere Rikiriki, who foretold the emergence …
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Part of story: Te mana o te wāhine – Māori women