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… eighteenth century she was born at Ruatāhuna. Her hapū were Ngāti Te Riu and Ngāti Ruapani. While living in the Ruatāhuna area she … was one of the women who saw the battles between Tūhoe and Ngāti Pūkeko at Te Whaiti-nui-a-Toi. The Waikaremoana area …
Type: Biography
… Te Waharoa and Pare Te Kanawa (Wikitōria). They belonged to Ngāti Hauā, but also had links with Ngāti Hinepare (a hapū of Ngāti Kauwhata ) and Ngāti Hikairo. Taingākawa was probably …
Type: Biography
… can be traced through leading families of Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Māmoe. His father, Te Kaihaere, a son of Manawa and … the Ngāi Tahu chief who established a lasting truce with Ngāti Māmoe, and Kohuwai was a grand-daughter of Raki-ihia, who was descended from Kaweriri's Ngāti Māmoe adversary, Tūtemakohu. Similar connections …
Type: Biography
… of the twentieth century. His father was the well-known Ngāti Tarāwhai carver Neke Kapua, and his mother was Mereana … Waitere, the elder sister of Tene Waitere, another famous Ngāti Tarāwhai carver. Eramiha, sometimes called Eramihia or … sometime between 1867 and 1875. Eramiha Kapua belonged to Ngāti Rangitakaroro, a hapū of Ngāti Tarawhai, which had …
Type: Biography
… elder of two children of Te Whakarato Rangipāhere Taiehu of Ngāti Te Takinga, a hapū of Ngāti Pikiao , and Henry Walker Mitchell, a surveyor. … for settlement. In 1909 he surveyed some 40,000 acres of Ngāti Whakaue land at Rotorua for lease for farming. He was …
Type: Biography
… and education of his people. His first name was that of a Ngāti Whātua and Ngāpuhi ancestor, and he was closely … Hōne Heke . Tau Hēnare's strongest affinity was with his Ngāti Hine subtribe. He was a direct descendant of Rāhiri, … links him with Hineāmaru, the paramount chieftainess of Ngāti Hine and with Waikato, Ngāti Porou and Te Arawa. Tau …
Type: Biography
… of Pipitea pā, moved to join their kin at Waiwhetū. Ngāti Tama also moved away, with those in Ōhariu migrating … 1890 belonged predominantly to the Te Āti Awa sub-tribes of Ngāti Te Whiti, Te Matehou, Ngāti Tawhirikura and Ngāti Puketapu. This remains the …
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Part of story: Te Āti Awa of Wellington
… Brown. Her father was a direct descendant of Te Whareumu of Ngāti Manu, now regarded as Ngāpuhi ; her mother was the … Hōne and Rīria Brown, both descendants of Te Ruki Kawiti of Ngāti Hine. She had five sisters and three brothers who, … who, in 1903, became probably the first member of Ngāti Hine to be ordained an Anglican priest. They were to …
Type: Biography
… on the northern side of the main island. He was of Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Tama, Irish and American extraction. Airini’s mother … Airini Grennell married Hōne Weretā, a farmer of Ngāti Raukawa; later that year a daughter was born to them. …
Type: Biography
… Mapu, a younger brother of Pāora Kurupō, principal chief of Ngāti Hinepare of Ngāti Kahungunu . Porokoru was politically active in events … Matehaere Smith of Tāhaenui marae, Nūhaka, who belonged to Ngāti Rakaipaaka. As a boy Jimmy was exposed to both Māori …
Type: Biography
… near Whakatāne, the son of Te Wiremu Tāmati Waaka of Ngāti Pūkeko , a farmer, and his wife, Whakakī Hiki of … ceremony in 1946 he married Caroline Te Kaare Kīngi of Ngāti Pūkeko and of Ngāti Rongo of Tūhoe; she was a grand-daughter of Hēmana …
Type: Biography
… Waikato. She was the daughter of Te Wherowhero Tāwhiao of Ngāti Mahuta, the third child and second son of the second … Pōtatau Te Wherowhero . Her mother was Tamirangi Manahi of Ngāti Tamaoho of Te Kūiti. Little has been recorded of … parents were Ngātai Ruihi Hetet and Mata Lana, both of Ngāti Maniapoto with Ngāti Tūwharetoa connections. After …
Type: Biography
… Wairoa lands. Te Hata Tīpoki belonged to several hapū of Ngāti Kahungunu of Wairoa: he usually identified with Ngāi … connected to Tamaionarangi (also called Tamaionerangi), Ngāti Mihi and Ngāti Puku. Little is known of Te Hata Tīpoki's childhood …
Type: Biography
… affiliated. The figures below show the number who indicated Ngāti Rongomaiwahine (including those who indicated more …
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Part of story: Ngāti Rongomaiwahine
… affiliated. The figures below show the number who indicated Ngāti Toarangatira (including those who indicated more than …
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Part of story: Ngāti Toarangatira
… Arakura, a few kilometres south of Feilding. Both belong to Ngāti Kauwhata and have close links to Ngāti Raukawa. The Manfeild car racing track attracts crowds …
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Part of story: Manawatū and Horowhenua places
… as Te Moana-a-Tairongo, it abuts the lands of both Ngāti Awa and Te Whakatōhea tribes. The harbour has for … centuries been a rich source of seafood for the people of Ngāti Awa, Te Whakatōhea and Ngāi Tūhoe, and is referred to …
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Part of story: Bay of Plenty places
… dwells in the valleys of the Urewera Ranges. Similarly, Ngāti Whātua tradition states that their ancestor, … their river, and their esteemed ancestor. For example, a Ngāti Tūwharetoa person from the Taupō region would respond …
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Part of story: Te Ao Mārama – the natural world
… iwi (tribes) of the region were Rangitāne, Muaūpoko and Ngāti Apa. Rangitāne were found particularly in Manawatū, Muaūpoko in Horowhenua, and Ngāti Apa along the Rangitīkei River. Their traditions … of the diet. Much later, after migrating from Waikato, the Ngāti Raukawa leader and warrior Te Whatanui gave land to …
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Part of story: Manawatū and Horowhenua region
… Patuone, who also gave a mare to Te Kohika of Tūhourangi. Ngāti Tūwharetoa were given their first horse by Patuone’s … by a large Ngāpuhi party. In 1875, a large group of Ngāti Raukawa visited the Taupō region on horseback. … Wellington, which was brought ashore by a trader. The local Ngāti Tama people ran away when they saw the horse swimming …
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Part of story: Hōiho – horses and iwi