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… Awamutu. His father was Samuel Hoera Joyce, a bushman, of Ngāti Mahuta; he also had kinship ties with Ngāti Pūkeko . Sam’s mother was Waimārama Emery of Ngāti Kahu. A thin youth with blondish red hair, Sam …
Type: Biography
… Takapau, Hawke's Bay. His father was Aritaku Maaka, of Ngāti Hikatoa of Waimārama and Ngāi Tahu of Takapau, hapū of Ngāti Kahungunu . On his maternal side Aritaku was descended … at Moeraki in 1836 and married Marian Tete (Teitei) of Ngāti Rakiāmoa, Ngāti Te Ātawhiua and Ngai Tūāhuriri hapū of …
Type: Biography
… Bay, on the East Coast, on 4 February 1914, the son of Ngāti Porou parents William Leonard Parker, a farmer, and … kaumātua. There were conflicts, however. He upset some Ngāti Porou who believed that the individual’s strongest … created some ill feeling towards Parker from some of his Ngāti Porou kin in later years. In the late 1940s he and his …
Type: Biography
… teachers and evangelists such as Piripi Taumata-ā-Kura in Ngāti Porou and Īhāia Te Ahu in Te Arawa. By 1853 there were … politics of the region, including Rāpata Wahawaha, who led Ngāti Porou’s military efforts, Wī Pere, later MP for … Māori for some years. However, in 1853 Rota Waitoa (Ngāti Raukawa) was ordained the first Māori deacon, and was …
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Part of story: Ngā hāhi – Māori and Christian denominations
… Rotorua, with a 2013 population of 267. Ōhinemutu was a Ngāti Whakaue village before the government laid out Rotorua … of 228, famed for its geothermal wonders. Tūhourangi and Ngāti Wāhiao people displaced from the Tarawera area after … to succeed earlier stations at Koutū and on Mokoia Island. Ngāti Rangiteaorere have a marae in Te Ngae. …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau places
… from the confederation now known as Muriwhenua emerged: Ngāti Kurī, Ngāi Takoto, Te Pātū, Ngāti Kahu, Te Aupōuri and Te Rarawa. Naming and claiming … south of Ngāpuhi on both coasts, there were tribes of the Ngāti Whātua confederation (Te Roroa, Te Uri-o-Hau and Te …
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Part of story: Northland region
… was a warrior of very high standing, and a leader of Ngāti Tīpā of Waikato, who were settled along the coast from … Camerontown redoubt, until the supply line was severed by a Ngāti Maniapoto attack in September. Kūkūtai received the … at the estimated age of 45. He was succeeded as leader of Ngāti Tīpā by his nephew Hōri Kūkūtai. …
Type: Biography
… (a volcanic area similar to Mt Tarawera, but lower). Ngāti Tarāwhai had a marae at Te Koutū and gifted the shores of the lake to the Crown in 1921. Ngāti Rongomai has associations with the west side of the … ‘sacred being’. Rotokākahi is owned by the Tūhourangi and Ngāti Wāhiao people. …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau places
… Strait whaling settlements. His wife, Turikatuku, was from Ngāti Pariri hapū of Muaūpoko, which occupied land on the … Hannah Retter had rights to Te Hou, a small block of Ngāti Pariri land by Lake Horowhenua, and the family decided … of them relations, were mostly Māori, both Muaūpoko and Ngāti Pareraukawa. Pākehā families were the Somervilles at …
Type: Biography
… Australia, including Maussies or Mozzies (Māori Aussies), Ngāti Kangaru and Ngāti Skippy. These names suggest that many Māori are in … grew from 2% in 1974 to 10% in 1983. In the early 2000s the Ngāti Bondi touch rugby team played in the Sydney league, …
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Part of story: Māori overseas
… Te Kani a Takirau was of Te Aitanga a Hauiti and Ngāti Porou. Born near the end of the eighteenth century, … Cook at Ūawa. Several descent lines of great importance to Ngāti Porou converged in the person of Te Kani a Takirau. … chief Te Wera Hauraki and fought against a section of Ngāti Porou. However, he was not known as a great war …
Type: Biography
… Huata and his wife, Rōpine Aranui. His parents were of Ngāti Kahungunu : Wī’s main hapū through his father was Ngāti Mihi, and through Rīpeka, his high-ranking paternal … and Te Aitanga-a-Hinemanuhiri. Wī’s mother was of Ngāti Pāhauwera. He was also related by descent to a number …
Type: Biography
… Piripi Te Maari's mother was Hariata Ngārueiterangi of Ngāti Hinewaka; his elder brother, Piripi Iharaira Āporo, of … who married Rātima Rōpiha of Pōrangahau. His hapū were Ngāti Tūkoko, Rākaiwhakairi, Ngāti Rakairangi, Ngāti Manuhiri, Ngāti Hinewaka (a branch …
Type: Biography
… eighteenth century, at Manukorihi pā, Waitara. He was of Ngāti Kura and Ngāti Mutunga descent, and is primarily identified with Te … daughter was Hōriana Ngāraorao, who married Matahau of Ngāti Raukawa. Te Rangitāke's life was bound up with the …
Type: Biography
… Writers Ngāti Maniapoto writer, genealogist and King movement … (1964) and Kakahi New Zealand (1972). Rangimārie Hetet of Ngāti Maniapoto was a distinguished practitioner of … 1873 after finding sanctuary in the region. He gifted it to Ngāti Maniapoto shortly before receiving a government pardon …
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Part of story: King Country region
… made in the 1980s. Human rights lawyer Moana Jackson (Ngāti Kahungunu, Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Porou) argued for a more substantial form of … of a Māori justice system. Professor Whatarangi Winiata (Ngāti Raukawa) argued for New Zealand’s parliamentary …
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Part of story: Biculturalism
… or 1855. Her mother was Haromi Te Ata, and her father the Ngāti Kahungunu chief Karauria, sometimes known as Karauria … Tāreha ; and Rēnata Kawepō . She had connections with both Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti and Ngāi Te Ūpokoiri, who had been … in the Native Land Court, and her influence among Ngāti Kahungunu was strong and widespread. Yet there is an …
Type: Biography
… upon tapu. The Takitimu canoe, from which the people of Ngāti Kahungunu are descended, was said to be so tapu that … came to visit a Waikato chief, Kapu-manawa-whiti (Ngāti Raukawa and Ngāti Maniapoto). Guests usually visited in autumn after the …
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Part of story: Māori feasts and ceremonial eating – hākari
… Achievement in 2017. Patricia Grace Patricia Grace (Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Raukawa, Te Āti Awa) is another key figure in Māori … the wake of Ihimaera and Grace are Keri Hulme (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Māmoe) and Alan Duff (Ngāti Rangitihi, Tūwharetoa). …
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Part of story: Fiction
… Moananui-a-Kiwa Ngārimu was born into Te Aitanga-a-Mate of Ngāti Porou at Whareponga, on the East Coast, on 7 April … strong connections to Te Whānau-a-Rākaiora, Te Aowera and Ngāti Horowai. His mother was of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and was … to Te Arawa. Moana was a nephew of the well-known Ngāti Porou woman of mana Materoa Reedy . Maraeake, the …
Type: Biography