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… Tauwhare and Roka Te Puni. Mātene Tauwhare was a chief of Ngāti Te Whiti hapū of Te Āti Awa, and Roka Te Puni was a … Puni-kōkopu , the senior ranking chief in his generation of Ngāti Te Whiti, and also of Ngāti Tāwhirikura hapū. Rīpeka's mother was Anihaka (Ani …
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… of Te Rangihaeata , a woman who held a foremost place among Ngāti Toa and Ngāti Raukawa; she was the daughter of Waitohi , Te Rauparaha 's sister. Te Whiwhi's hapū were Ngāti Huia and Ngāti Kikopiri; he was also closely connected …
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… she met Hāmiora's father, Piripi Te Aue Te Ikatoroa, of Ngāti Kahungunu . He had been captured, probably by Ngāti Maru in the 1820s. After intertribal fighting died … back to Whangapoua. Hāmiora Mangakāhia was descended from Ngāti Maru and Ngāti Tamaterā, but his most important link …
Type: Biography
… in the 1790s. His principal hapū were Rākaiwhakairi, Ngāti Kahukura-awhitia, and Ngāti Rangitāwhanga; his tribal affiliations were with Ngāti … In 1905 his daughter Ani presented his canoe, Te Herenga Rangatira, which he had always used on the Ruamahanga River, …
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… and his grandfather Te Ātāhuna, both leaders of Ngāti Kahukura-awhitia, one of the most populous hapū of Ngāti Kahungunu in Wairarapa. His mother was Kaurangaihi. … Ngātuere had kinship ties with many hapū, including Ngāti Te Tohinga, Ngāi Tamahau, Ngai Tūāwhio, Ngāi Tūkoko, …
Type: Biography
… 0.4% New Zealand: 1.2% Principal tribes and sub-tribes Ngāti Tama, Ngāti Mutunga, Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Maru, Taranaki, Ngā Ruahine, Ngāti Ruanui, Ngā Rauru …
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Part of story: Taranaki region
… Hukunui Manaia was a leader of Ngāti Tū hapū of Ngāti Ruanui , whose territory was the coastal section of … grants for 5,944 acres at Kaūpokonui were issued to him and Ngāti Tū. In 1887 the house named Parakau was built at …
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… was around 1807–8 at Moremonui, Northland, between Ngāti Whātua and Ngāpuhi . While Ngāti Whātua had only traditional weapons, their … to Taranaki, finishing up back in Waikato and Kaipara. Ngāti Tama chief Te Pūoho also travelled the length of the …
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Part of story: Musket wars
… She was with her people at Motukauri when Moetara and Ngāti Korokoro attacked their pā in May 1833. It is said … of Te Māhurehure established peace between the two people: Ngāti Korokoro were to remain on the south side of Hokianga Harbour; Ngāti Manawa and Te Rarawa would keep on the north side. It …
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… legislation. Ownership of Lake Taupō The territory of the Ngāti Tūwharetoa people is around Lake Taupō, and the lake … the lake bed the property of the Crown. In return the Ngāti Tūwharetoa Trust Board received an annuity and a sum … Crown returned the ownership of the bed of Lake Taupō to Ngāti Tūwharetoa. This has been a model for resolving Māori …
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Part of story: Lakes
… Hēnare , then farming tribal land. James’s father was of Ngāti Whātua and Ngāpuhi ancestry with membership of many hapū, most notably Ngāti Hine. His mother was of Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kahu and Te Aupōuri. The family’s ancestry, with …
Type: Biography
… was born in the late eighteenth century. He was a leader of Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti. Kinship links within Ngāti Kahungunu, Rangitāne, Ngāti Ira and other major tribal groups in Hawke's Bay made …
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… on 3 July 1874. He had connections with the leaders of Ngāti Porou . His hapū included Te Whānau-a-Te Ao, Ngāti Rangi, Te Whānau-a-Karuai and Ngāti Rākairoa. His father, Paratene Ngata , was a …
Type: Biography
… well with Māori of the far north – Te Aupouri, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kahu and Ngāti Kurī, who dubbed them ‘tarara’. Some intermarriage …
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Part of story: Dalmatians
… 498 Major regional locations Auckland: 312 Waikato: 78 Ngāti Pāoa 1991 census: 1,695 2001 census: 2,397 2006 … 3,456 Major regional locations Auckland: 1,440 Waikato: 966 Ngāti Whātua 1901 census: 356 1991 census: 9,360 2001 …
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Part of story: Tāmaki tribes
… and the Poor Knights Islands (Tawhiti Rahi and Aorangi). Ngātiwai Trust Board In the early 2000s the coastal tribes … of the Whangārei area, often under the umbrella of the Ngātiwai Trust Board, submitted a number of claims to the … of important cultural heritage sites. On 21 May 2011 Ngāti Manuhiri settled its historic treaty claims. The $9 …
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Part of story: Whangārei tribes
… He acted as guardian at Ōtautahanga pā, a stronghold of the Ngāti Raukawa tribe. The people prospered under his … the travellers passing by. Eventually, warriors from the Ngāti Hauā tribe trapped him in a giant, cage-like eel pot, …
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Part of story: Taniwha
… over 90 sub-tribes, collapsed to the present six of Ngāti Rāhiri, Ōtaraua, Manukorihi, Pukerangiora, Puketapu and Ngāti Te Whiti. …
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Part of story: Te Āti Awa of Taranaki
… Mete Kīngi Te Rangi Paetahi was of Ngā Poutama and Ngāti Tūmango of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi . He also had ties with Ngāti Apa. He was the son of Paetahi, a Wanganui leader, who fought against Ngāti Toa at the battle of Waiorua, Kapiti Island, about …
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… was descended from the high chief Toa of Te Roroa , kin of Ngāti Whātua, whose grandson Taramainuku adopted the hapū … and from the renowned Ngāpuhi chief Te Ponaharakeke of Ngāti Ruangaio. His mother, Pēhirangi, was a grand-daughter … remind Bowen that it was through the exercise of his own rangatiratanga that the district remained quiet. The 1870s saw …
Type: Biography