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… Te Rangiuia was a Ngāti Porou leader and tohunga at Ūawa (Tolaga Bay). His …
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… known as landeater, played his flute to his loved one). Ngāti Kahungunu claim that the name refers to their ancestor … forged by Tahumatua, Tahupōtiki, and Tamatea-pōkaiwhenua of Ngāti Kahungunu. Hikuraki is found in Pelorus Sound and the …
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Part of story: Tapa whenua – naming places
… Uepōhatu and Ruawaipū would be called stock ancestors of Ngāti Porou and kindred tribes. Whakapiri The literal … marriage, such as Ueoneone from Ngāpuhi to Reitū from Ngāti Pou in the Waikato; Ruapūtanga from Taranaki to …
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Part of story: Whakapapa – genealogy
… From this ancestor stem the two tribes of Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Porou. …
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Part of story: Ngāi Tahu
… (water monsters) lived beneath or behind waterfalls. The Ngāti Hine Hika people of inland Gisborne say that their …
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Part of story: Waterfalls
… Te Kāpaiwaho, and a grandchild of Te Kāpaiwaho, a chief of Ngāti Rangiwewehi. Mere also had connections with Ngāti Whakaue . The Hall family, like many others in the … which has since been followed by other outstanding Ngāti Rangiwewehi women. …
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… died in infancy). Around November 1841 a party of about 30 Ngati Rangatahi came from Porirua and settled on land Thomas … and a charge for timber to Kurupo Te Moananui, until the Ngati Kahungunu leader's death in 1861. Te Hapuku, leader of Ngati Te Whatu-i-apiti, then tried to assert his ownership …
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… his father was Te Harawira Tekoteko of Ngā Ariki and Ngāti Wahia hapū of Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki. Probably in the 1840s he married Te Rina (Mihiterina) Whiropō of Ngāti Kaipoho hapu of Rongowhakaata. They had four … Conflict between Hauhau and pro-government sections of Ngāti Porou gradually increased, and by early May 1865 …
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… at Ōmata, about 6 kilometres south-west of New Plymouth. Ngāti Ruanui and their supporters then built a pā, Kaipopo, … had at least 800 men in the field, including a taua from Ngāti Maniapoto. Pratt attacks Following the defeat at … throughout September 1860. On 6 November, Pratt defeated a Ngāti Hāua war party that was hurriedly digging in at …
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Part of story: New Zealand Wars
… south of Dannevirke. His father, Nireaha (Niki) Paewai of Ngāti Te Rangiwhakāewa hapū of Rangitāne, was a farmer. His mother, Apikara Walker, was of Ngāti Rākaipaaka hapū of Ngāti Kahungunu. He was christened Manahi after his paternal …
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… was often in danger: in May 1860 he survived a plot by some Ngati Ruanui to ambush him near Urenui, and in late 1862 he … in May 1865. A month later he again met Te Ua Haumene and Ngati Ruanui at the Waingongoro River where he accepted the … Taranaki; in January 1872 he accepted the allegiance of Ngati Maru who had sheltered Titokowaru; and in July his …
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… near Te Kōpua, where he was adopted by Ngāwaero hapū of Ngāti Maniapoto. He formed a liaison with a woman of … the value of Searancke's contacts among Waikato and Ngāti Maniapoto at a time when Pākehā were increasingly … inadequate and a number of Pākehā were killed when some Ngāti Maniapoto attacked Pukearuhe redoubt two months later. …
Type: Biography
… in South Taranaki, probably about 1823. He belonged to Ngāti Manuhiakai hapū of Ngā Ruahine, a section of Ngāti Ruanui. He traced his descent from Turi and … He was also connected, through family marriages, with Ngāti Maru of Te Āti Awa. His paternal grandmother was of …
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… She was a direct descendant of the chief Pirika Pō of Ngāti Moe, the early nineteenth century owner of the land on … right to be among the speakers. She sometimes represented Ngāti Moe, Ngāti Hikawera and Ngāti Mahu, and once spoke for …
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… Women who signed the treaty included Te Rangitopeora (Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Raukawa) at Kāpiti; Kahe Te Rau-o-te-Rangi (Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Mutunga and Te Āti Awa) at Wellington; …
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Part of story: Te Tiriti o Waitangi – the Treaty of Waitangi
… Waiuku, on the southern Manukau Harbour. He was the son of Ngāti Te Ata chief Aihepene (Ahipene) Kaihau, who also had tribal affiliations with Ngāti Urupikia, Ngāti Kahukōkā and Ngāti Tipā. Hēnare's mother's name was …
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… the great-grandson of Wikiriwhi Matauru, a noted warrior of Ngati Porou, who had fought for the Crown against the … of Tamihana Te Awe Awe, and was related to the leaders of Ngati Kauwhata, Ngati Raukawa and Ngati Porou. Brought up as a Mormon, …
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… of Kaiapoi pā. Tiramōrehu's mother was Hinerukutai, of Ngāti Mamoe. After Kaiapoi was sacked by Ngāti Toa under Te Rauparaha in 1831, Kāraki took a leading … by Governor George Grey in the Wairau block purchased from Ngāti Toa in March 1847. Tiramōrehu was present when Ngāi …
Type: Biography
… upper Whanganui River. Her father was Te Rio Te Hihiri of Ngāti Hāua (Ngāti Hāuaroa), a people based mainly at Taumarunui, and of Ngāti Ruru, a hapū of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi. He may also …
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… he was licensed, was extensive, isolated and unsettled. Ngāti Kahungunu hapū had been devastated by musket war raids … as provider. Students came mainly from Poverty Bay and Ngāti Porou . Donor chiefs, dissatisfied because they … among the various hapū of Ngāti Kahungunu, and a true rangatira. But Māori attitudes to missionary paternalism were …
Type: Biography