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… Sir Hugh Kawharu, a Ngāti Whātua rangatira, a distinguished anthropologist, and … by Māori and non-Māori alike. He was a prominent leader of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei in central Auckland and chairman of its … Janet Knox Anderson and her husband Wiremu Paora (Te Taoū, Ngāti Whātua) who had been born at Reweti, Kaipara in 1892. …
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… into the 20th century. Auckland Māori In 1840 a number of Ngāti Whātua chiefs, including Apihai Te Kawau, signed the … Hobson to locate his government on the Waitematā Harbour. Ngāti Whātua then sold land for the township of Auckland, … them from incursions by other tribes. However by 1855 Ngāti Whātua had lost title to all their lands except the …
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Part of story: Ngā tāone nui – Māori and the city
… was replaced by Eddie Taihakurei Durie (Rangitāne, Ngāti Kauwhata, Ngāti Raukawa) and in 1982, one of the other original … including Takaparawhau Bastion Point, should be returned to Ngāti Whātua in tribal ownership, and that Takaparawhau …
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Part of story: Waitangi Tribunal – Te Rōpū Whakamana
… to be Te Kooti’s predicted successor. Mātenga Tāmati from Ngāti Kahungunu of upper Wairoa was actually the first. In … Mere Rikiriki was the daughter of Kāwana Rōpiha (Hunia) of Ngāti Apa. She was a descendant of Maata, a renowned medium … Ōmeka (Omega). Rātana Tahupōtiki Rātana was a farmer from Ngāti Apa. While fishing at Whangaehu he saw two whales …
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Part of story: Māori prophetic movements – ngā poropiti
… Rāhera Uruamo of Te Taoū, Ngā Oho and Te Uringutu hapū of Ngāti Whātua . He was baptised in January 1873. Ōtene … him into a wider political arena. The Crown was acquiring Ngāti Whātua land, and of primary concern to Ōtene was the … Land Court had awarded title of the block to the three Ngāti Whātua hapū to which he belonged, the descendants of …
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… his parents had previously been married. He belonged to Ngāti Porou and Te Whakatōhea through his mother, and Te Arawa through his father. He also had links with Ngāti Ruanui of Taranaki and Ngāpuhi through his paternal grandmother, Iritana Shelford, and with Ngāti Tūpaea, Ngāti Tānewai and Te Whānau-ā-Apanui. Because …
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… – but not of multiple tribes – was that of 1901. Ngāti Hāua 1991 census: 144 2001 census: 618 2006 census: … regional locations Manawatū–Whanganui: 255 Auckland: 165 Ngāti Hauiti 2001 census: 1,002 2006 census: 1,038 2013 …
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Part of story: Whanganui tribes
… regional locations Bay of Plenty: 5,304 Auckland: 2,616 Ngāti Pūkenga 1991 census: 576 2001 census: 1,137 2006 … locations Bay of Plenty: 921 Auckland: 465 Waikato: 321 Ngāti Ranginui 1991 census: 4,476 2001 census: 6,120 2006 …
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Part of story: Tauranga Moana
… The figures below show the number who indicated the Ngāti Whātua tribes (including those who indicated more than … – but not of multiple tribes – was that of 1901. Ngāti Whātua 1901 census: 356 1991 census: 9,360 2001 …
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Part of story: Ngāti Whātua
… tribes of Northland, including Te Roroa , Te Parawhau and Ngāti Whātua . He was born at Rangiātea, Tinopai, Kaipara, … Uri-o-Hau, an independent tribe associated with the wider Ngāti Whatua people. Educated initially on tribal territory … of Ōrākei seafood by urban Auckland sewage, and supported Ngāti Whatua’s long quest for their own marae at Ōrākei. In …
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… 1830s they embraced Christianity, brought from the north by Ngāti Ruanui converts. At Te Ihupuku they erected a chapel … their allies inflicted a humiliating defeat on raiders of Ngāti Pēhi, a hapū of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, who had swept down the Waitōtara River. …
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… younger brother of Te Pēhi Kupe , the hereditary leader of Ngāti Toa who had occupied the Kāpiti coast from the 1820s. … Parata spent his childhood. A woman of high standing within Ngāti Toa and Te Āti Awa, she was influential in early land … is known of his first wife. His second wife was Unaiki, of Ngāti Raukawa and Ngāti Toa. They are said to have married …
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… elder half-brothers and -sisters. His principal hapū were Ngāti Ruanui , Te Taomaui and Te Hokokeha, all associated … with Te Aupōuri and Te Rarawa , but he also had links with Ngāti Kahu, Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Whātua. Kāmira was raised as a … Mamaru, Ruakaramea and Kurahaupō. At a hui at Tāpui-rangatira, Wairoa, in November 1924, Kāmira assisted Karipa Wī …
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… Tamaihotua, also known as Ngāpūruki, the leading chief of Ngāti Hikawera of Ngāti Kahungunu . Her mother, Ani Kānara, was one of … time he was developing Waikoukou as the sheep station of Ngāti Hikawera and taking an increasing role in the …
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… Te Paea (Sophia) Tīaho, of Ngāti Mahuta, was born probably in the early 1820s in … serious defeat of the latter about 1824. But by the 1830s Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti and Ngāti Kahungunu, led by Te Pareihe , were acquiring arms and …
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… swim in New Zealand was that of Hinepoupou, a woman of the Ngāti Kuia tribe, who lived in the mid-18th century. Early … On the way she was accompanied by a guardian dolphin, which Ngāti Kuia called Kaikaiawaro, though other traditions … Whakarua- tapu of Ngāi Tahu was a captive on a canoe of the Ngāti Toa leader Te Rauparaha. As the canoe neared the North …
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Part of story: Open water swimming
… fishing business, including the Tainui affiliated tribes Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Raukawa and Waikato, partners in the deep-sea fishing … sausage), from fish caught in Aotea Harbour. The local Ngāti Te Wehi tribe there is committed to retaining …
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Part of story: Te hī ika – Māori fishing
… Ngātoroirangi and his sisters In particular, the people of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, whose tribal lands are in the central … in this song by the renowned composer Rihi Puhiwahine of Ngāti Tūwharetoa for her lover Mahutu Te Toko, of Ngāti Maniapoto: Kāti au ka hoki ki taku whenua tupu Ki te …
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Part of story: Whenua – how the land was shaped
… and performers. Kīngi Tāhiwi from Ōtaki, founder of the Ngāti Pōneke Māori club in Wellington, composed much of his … tune ‘He pūru taitama’. Composer Tuini Ngāwai of Ngāti Porou played the mouth organ, ukulele, Jew’s harp, … (bull roarer). The late Hirini Melbourne of Ngāi Tūhoe and Ngāti Kahungunu and ethnomusicologist and performer Richard …
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Part of story: Waiata hōu – contemporary Māori songs
… or 1844. His parents had been taken there as captives by Ngāti Raukawa after a battle at Te Roto-a-Tara in Hawke's Bay. His mother was Te Ahiahi of Ngāti Te Whatu-i-apiti. In the genealogies recorded by the … (or Hūtana Pūawhe) of Ngāi Toroiwaho, a hapū of both Ngāti Kahungunu and Rangitāne descent with kin links to …
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