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… Bay. This pā belonged to Te Uamairangi, principal chief of Ngāti Te Ūpokoiri, and his son Tūhotoariki. Rāniera's parents, Te Kere of Ngāti Mahuika hapū of Ngāti Kahungunu and Pungarehu of Ngāti Uranga, were living …
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… descendant, Whitikaupeka, also arrived. Their descendants – Ngāti Tamakōpiri and Ngāti Whitikaupeka – expelled the earlier inhabitants, Ngāti Hotu, from inland Pātea. Ngāti Tamakōpiri occupy the …
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Part of story: Whanganui region
… eighteenth century. He was the son of Tūkino, leader of the Ngāti Tūrumakina section of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, and his wife, Parewairere. Through his mother, Herea was related to powerful leaders of Ngāti Maniapoto and of Waikato tribes. As well as Ngāti Pēhi …
Type: Biography
… that endures in the 21st century. These groups include Ngāti Kere, Ngāti Parakiore, Ngāti Hāmua, Te Rangiwhakāewa, Ngāti Mairehau, Ngāti Hauiti, …
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Part of story: Rangitāne
… He may have been descended from the chief Piritaka of Ngāti Kura hapū of Ngāti Mutunga . He was closely related to Ngātata-i-te-rangi of Ngāti Te Whiti and Ngāti Tāwhirikura hapū of Te Ati Awa. His …
Type: Biography
… senior line from Toa Rangatira, the eponymous ancestor of Ngāti Toa. His mother was Waipunāhau, a woman of the Ngāti Hinetuhi section of Ngāti Mutunga in Taranaki. Te Pehi Kupe's portrait, painted …
Type: Biography
… both of them she was descended from Māhanga-pūhua of Ngāti Ira and Ngāi Tara, who was also connected to Ngāti Moe of Wairarapa and to Ngāti Kahungunu . Māhanga-pūhua had established himself as a …
Type: Biography
… Origins The origins of the Ngāti Toarangatira people (also known as Ngāti Toa) lie with the Tainui canoe. Their traditional … was made, and thereafter Tūpāhau’s tribe became known as Ngāti Toarangatira, meaning the tribe of chivalrous and …
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Part of story: Ngāti Toarangatira
… Ngāmotu and Ngāti Mutunga links After their journey from Taranaki, Te … settled first at Waikanae. The hapū (sub-tribe) Te Mana of Ngāti Mutunga were living at Pito-one (Petone) just north of … their way to Heretaunga (the Hutt Valley) and attacked the Ngāti Kahukura-awhitia settlement called Puniunuku. Their …
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Part of story: Te Āti Awa of Wellington
… 2 kilometres east of Ngāwī. Māori migrations The Rangitāne, Ngāti Ira and Ngāti Kahungunu tribes settled in Wairarapa. Rangitāne … to occupy Tāmakinui-a-Rua (Dannevirke) and Wairarapa. Ngāti Ira left Tolaga Bay when their leader Te Whakaumu …
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Part of story: Wairarapa region
… in Nelson–Marlborough today. The Kurahaupō tribes are: Ngāti Kuia Rangitāne Ngāti Apa. The Tainui tribes are: Ngāti Toa Ngāti Koata … a success story. Treaty settlements The members of Ngati Toa, including those based in Te Tau Ihu, settled …
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Part of story: Te Tau Ihu tribes
… support of their southern kin, and it was decided to attack Ngāti Toa in 1832–33. Te Rauparaha’s escape Under the … and Paitu, the southern Ngāi Tahu departed to attack Ngāti Toa. At Ōtākou the chiefs Taiaroa, Karetai and … Tahu hid behind the hill along the lake. In the morning, as Ngāti Toa were landing, Ngāi Tahu launched a surprise …
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Part of story: Ngāi Tahu
… recognised tribes in the Nelson–Marlborough region – Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Apa and Rangitāne (Kurahaupō tribes), Ngāti Toarangatira, Ngāti Koata and Ngāti Rārua (Tainui …
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Part of story: Nelson region
… was the son of Apanui Te Hāmaiwaho and Mīria Tārei of Ngāti Awa . He was the first-born of two brothers and two … Wēpiha had family connections with Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāti Hokopū based in Whakatāne, and Ngāti Wharepāia, also of Whakatāne. He was trained as a …
Type: Biography
… homeland in Kāwhia to the Kāpiti region, the fortunes of Ngāti Toa rose. At Kāpiti Island in 1824, they and their … occupied the Kāpiti district. This victory placed Ngāti Toa in a position of dominance in the Cook Strait … Island, the source of highly prized greenstone. A series of Ngāti Toa-led invasions of the South Island added new …
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Part of story: Ngāti Toarangatira
… Through his mother, Pakanga, he was an influential chief in Ngāti Te Whiti hapū of Te Āti Awa . He was junior to his … known as Pōmare Ngātata, the leader of the migration of Ngāti Mutunga to the Chatham Islands. When a young man, … of Rewarewa pā, near present day New Plymouth, in which Ngāti Tāwhirikura, closely related to Ngāti Te Whiti, were …
Type: Biography
… First musket wars In 1821 Waikato expelled Ngāti Toa chief Te Rauparaha from Kāwhia after much intertribal fighting between Ngāti Toa and Waikato peoples. A number of times peace had … afterwards as war resumed. The same year Waikato defeated Ngāti Tama at Pārāwera. Later that year Waikato under Te …
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Part of story: Musket wars
… Ngāti Raukawa have two traditional homelands. The first, in … centres on Maungatautari, the ancestral mountain of Ngāti Raukawa. Many important ancestral sites – birthplaces, … pā sites, houses of learning, and more – are found here. In Ngāti Raukawa tradition, this northern region has three …
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Part of story: Ngāti Raukawa
… Te Taitapu (on the west coast of Nelson) were ancestors of Ngāti Kuia, who have the longest continuous residence in the … other ancestral tribes of Nelson–Marlborough developed. Ngāti Wairangi, from the Whanganui district, lived in … period before moving to Westland. Ngāi Tara, Rangitāne and Ngāti Apa, most of whom made their initial forays to the …
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Part of story: Te Tau Ihu tribes
… Ngāti Kahungunu is the third largest tribal group in New … number of other iwi it is perhaps more correct to consider Ngāti Kahungunu a grouping of tribes and hapū (sub tribes), … of Kahungunu. The three main tribal divisions are: Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa (traditional northern boundary the …
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Part of story: Ngāti Kahungunu