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… at Wairua, on the northern coast of Chatham Island, from Ngati Tama chief Heremaia Katene Te Raki. This was the … Tom Ritchie lived under the protection and guidance of Ngati Tama as 'Katene's Pakeha'. A number of Maori and …
Type: Biography
… before Ngāi Tahu were besieged there by Te Rauparaha and Ngāti Toa in 1831. In 1833 Te Huruhuru fought at the battles … this time. When Te Pūoho-o-te-rangi and his expedition of Ngāti Tama from Te Taitapu (Golden Bay) attacked Ngāi Tahu …
Type: Biography
… Hōhepa Te Umuroa was a member of Ngāti Hau of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi . He may have been … worked for a time as a labourer, but when Te Rangihaeata of Ngāti Toa began armed resistance to the settlers in the …
Type: Biography
… activism continued at Waitangi, and in 1977–78 the Ngāti Whātua people occupied Bastion Point above Ōkahu Bay …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Māori
… Mahuta Tāwhiao of Ngāti Mahuta was born at Whatiwhatihoe, Waikato, probably in … Hera. She was the daughter of Tāmati Ngāpora (Manuhiri) of Ngāti Mahuta, Tāwhiao's adviser, and his wife, Hera. … supporting tribes, including Taranaki and Whanganui tribes, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Kahungunu, some Te Arawa and even one small …
Type: Biography
… were lured with a leaf from the manono or the patate. The Ngāti Porou tribe used pāpā, whangewhange or māhoe leaves. …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Te tāhere manu – bird catching
… later become the first Māori king, and chief Te Hāpuku of Ngāti Kahungunu. …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: He Whakaputanga – Declaration of Independence
… the Tararua and Remutaka ranges east to the coast). The Ngāti Kahungunu tribe’s Wairarapa Tāmaki-nui-a-rua …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Wairarapa region
… shall be called the belly of Tapuika!) 2 Sacred land The Ngāti Tūwharetoa chief Mananui Te Heuheu asserted authority …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Kaitiakitanga – guardianship and conservation
… dictated to Sir Donald McLean by Hūkiki Te Ahukaramū of the Ngāti Raukawa tribe, in 1856: Ka moe (a) Rangi i a …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Tangaroa – the sea
… the beginnings of the Muaūpoko tribe. In the late 1820s the Ngāti Raukawa tribe arrived, bringing new traditions that …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Manawatū and Horowhenua region
… and culture. With the assistance of Pei Te Hurinui Jones of Ngāti Maniapoto, he researched and wrote the monumental …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Māori
… Island his anchor stone. Ancestors from the natural world. Ngāti Whātua traditions tell of the Tuputupu-whenua, who …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: First peoples in Māori tradition
… Waipapa waterhole In the 1870s, Mohi Tūrei, an elder of Ngāti Porou, sent a letter in to the Māori language …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Taniwha
… top as a relish.’ Beasts on board An ancestral canoe of the Ngāti Porou tribe, the Māngārara , was said to have brought …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ngārara – reptiles
… in 1993 as a cultural landscape of great importance to the Ngāti Tūwharetoa tribe. Keeping a wetland wet The …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Protected areas
… district, including some of the lands of neutral tribes. Ngāti Maniapoto people had fought against the government, …
Type: Story Page
… tribes; Taranaki tribes; Ngāi Te Rangi in Tauranga; and Ngāti Awa, Whakatōhea and Tūhoe in the eastern Bay of …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Te tango whenua – Māori land alienation
… memory 341 waiata and karakia (prayers). Tamarau Waiari of Ngāti Koura recited 1,400 names before a 1890s Native Land …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Whakapapa – genealogy
… Te Rangitūkehu Hātua, of the Te Pahipoto section of Ngāti Awa. He provided strong leadership during the wars of …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Bay of Plenty places