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… muskets in the early 1800s. In 1807–8 they fought against Ngāti Whātua of Kaipara, led by Murupaenga , but were … a shipment of hundreds of muskets. That year he attacked Ngāti Pāoa at Mauinaina in Auckland. The following year he attacked Ngāti Maru in Thames and Waikato tribes at Mātakitaki, …
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Part of story: Musket wars
… – but not of multiple tribes – was that of 1901. Ngāti Maru 1901 census: 1,350 1991 census: 384 2001 census: … Major regional locations Auckland: 1,230 Waikato: 1,185 Ngāti Pāoa 1991 census: 1,695 2001 census: 2,397 2006 … 3,456 Major regional locations Auckland: 1,440 Waikato: 966 Ngāti Tamaterā 1991 census: 903 2001 census: 1,866 2006 …
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Part of story: Marutūahu tribes
… pā above present-day Whakatāne. Rāhiri is also linked to Ngāti Rāhiri-tumutumu-whenua (Te Aroha) and Ngāti Rāhiri-pakarara (Taranaki). The Hokianga tribes first … overrunning and often intermarrying with Ngāi Tāhuhu, Ngāti Manaia, Te Wahineiti and Ngāti Miru. These eastern …
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Part of story: Ngāpuhi
… of Taranaki relate to three major voyaging waka (canoes). Ngāti Tama, Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Maru and Te Āti Awa descend from the Tokomaru , …
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Part of story: Taranaki region
… probably in 1862 or 1863. He was the son of Reihana Poto of Ngāti Maru , and Karukino Te Taniwha of Ngāti Puku and Te Mateawa hapu of Ngāti Whanaunga. Taiwiwi was another of his names. His …
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… on the northern shores of Rotorua. He became leader of Ngāti Rangiwewehi, one of the largest Te Arawa sub-tribes, … Wehiwehi, Te Whatu and Te Ngaro, and thus belonged to Ngāti Kererū hapū of Ngāti Rangiwewehi. Hikairo also had connections with Ngāti …
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… Ngāti Ranginui Ngāti Ranginui now occupy the shores of Tauranga Moana as … tribe originally lived in Ōpōtiki, but were pushed out by Ngāti Hā and migrated to the Gisborne district. They were … Tauranga Moana as their permanent home, displacing the Ngāti Ranginui and Waitaha people then in occupation. They …
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Part of story: Tauranga Moana
… there are six tribes in the wider Tāmaki (Auckland) region: Ngāti Pāoa on Waiheke Island; Ngāi Tai at Maraetai; Ngāti Whātua at Ōrākei; Te Wai-o-Hua/Ngā Oho at Māngere; Ngāti Te Ata at Manukau; and Te Kawerau-a-Maki in the …
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Part of story: Tāmaki tribes
… other tribes have lived on the Tāmaki isthmus, including Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Tītahi, Ngāi Tāhuhu, Ngā Marama rānei, Ngā Uri-o-Rakataura, Ngāti Huarere, Ngā Riki and Ngā Iwi among others. Traditions …
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Part of story: Tāmaki tribes
… in memory of his slain father. Whakatihi is a well-known Ngāti Tūwharetoa name. Ngāti Hotu The Ngāti Hotu people were living in the Taupō district when the …
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Part of story: Ngāti Tūwharetoa
… and jealousy among Te Arawa’s three kin groups there (Ngāti Pikiao, Tūhourangi and Ngāti Whakaue) sparked internal wars lasting generations. … of Hinemoa (of the Tūhourangi people) to Tūtānekai of Ngāti Whakaue maintained peace in the Rotorua district. This …
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Part of story: Te Arawa
… who traded muskets with Māori, had a noticeable effect on Ngāti Kahungunu from the 1820s. In about 1822, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa came under attack from the … Nūhaka family name. Around 1830, most of the population of Ngāti Kahungunu in the Ahuriri (Napier) area moved to Māhia …
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Part of story: Ngāti Kahungunu
… Plateau are the Te Arawa people, in the Rotorua area, and Ngāti Tūwharetoa, around Taupō. The traditions of both … Present-day tribes Te Arawa tribes today include Ngāti Kearoa, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Rangiteaorere, Ngāti Rangitihi, Ngāti …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau region
… Te Whānau-ā-Haemata and Te Whānau-ā-Te-Uruahi of Ngāti Porou . He was born at Whakawhitira, near the Waiapu … in the late eighteenth century. In 1823 he was among Ngāti Porou captives taken to the Bay of Islands after … pupils scratched on flax with sharp sticks. According to Ngāti Porou tradition, his first teaching of Christianity …
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… to prepare flax, which was then traded for more muskets. Ngāti Ruanui were invaded in 1816–17 by Ngāpuhi, who … They were followed in 1818 by a waka taua (war party) of Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Whātua and further Ngāpuhi, led by Te Rauparaha, …
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Part of story: Ngāti Ruanui
… By the early 1820s Ngāti Toa had been fighting for several years with the … rich environs. Te Rauparaha, one of the leading chiefs of Ngāti Toa, urged the people to migrate to the Kāpiti region … a combined force of Waikato and Maniapoto tribes. Defeated, Ngāti Toa were forced to retreat to Te Arawī, a coastal …
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Part of story: Ngāti Toarangatira
… Ko Tongariro te maunga Ko Taupō-nui-a-Tia te moana Ko Ngāti Tūwharetoa te iwi Ko Te Heuheu te tangata. Tongariro … is the lake Tūwharetoa are the people Te Heuheu is the man. Ngāti Tūwharetoa’s tribal territory is in the central North … – Tongariro National Park. There are also many families of Ngāti Tūwharetoa living in the Moawhango, Bulls and …
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Part of story: Ngāti Tūwharetoa
… The name of Hāmiora Tumutara Pio of Ngāti Awa and Ngāti Tūwharetoa appears in the written record largely … He married Te Whakahoro, also known as Maria Taka, of Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Kahungunu. Family sources state …
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… to Wellington and settled the area with the related tribes, Ngāti Ira and Ngāti Māmoe. Hostilities eventually broke out, and in the … pā, in Tory Channel. They had been preceded south by Ngāti Māmoe. During this period, relations with another …
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Part of story: Ngāi Tahu
… in the 1780s in the Kāwhia district, was a leader of Ngāti Toa. His hapū included Ngāti Kimihia to which he was kin through his mother, … Te Rākaherea, he was a junior relative of the senior Ngāti Toa leaders in his generation, Te Pēhi Kupe and his …
Type: Biography