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… almost empty, most of the people having gone south to fight Ngāti Tama in Taranaki. Ralph’s house was ransacked and he … missionaries established mission stations in Waikato and Ngāti Maniapoto territories, at the request of Waikato … 19th century. Most of those who settled before then married Ngāti Maniapoto women and were absorbed into the iwi. Early …
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Part of story: King Country region
… Te Herekiekie of Ngāti Tūwharetoa belonged to the hapu Ngāti Te Aho. He is thought to have been born in the second … nineteenth century. Through his father, Tauteka, leader of Ngāti Te Aho, he was descended from the senior Ngāti …
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… Te Arawa , Aotea , Tainui and Tākitimu canoes. As leader of Ngāti Patutokotoko hapū of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, Te … In the same period he became involved in the wars between Ngāti Apa and Ngāti Kahungunu. Allied to Ngāti Apa, he raided as far east …
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… peak of 3,000 in the 1970s). 90.8% claimed Maori ethnicity. Ngāti Manawa, the local iwi (tribe), are kin to Ngāti Whare and Ngāi Tū. We are the people The traditional saying of Ngāti Manawa is: Kō Tawhiuau te maunga, kō Rangitāiki te awa …
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Part of story: Bay of Plenty places
… Economy and education Despite early invasions Ngāti Ruanui established a profitable settlement. They … As money replaced barter as the main means of exchange, Ngāti Ruanui began working in New Plymouth as paid … Skevington, arrived in New Plymouth in February 1842. The Ngāti Ruanui people soon learned of his presence and were so …
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Part of story: Ngāti Ruanui
… descendants, the Ngāi Tara people, were joined by the Ngāti Ira tribe from Hawke’s Bay. Other tribes, including Rangitāne, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Māmoe and Ngāi Tahu also occupied parts of the …
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Part of story: Wellington region
… second of the Te Heuheu line to assume the leadership of Ngāti Tūwharetoa. He was born late in the eighteenth century … Herea Te Heuheu Tūkino I and his first wife, Rangiaho, of Ngāti Maniapoto. Mananui could trace his ancestry to … both Pōtatau Te Wherowhero of Waikato and Te Rauparaha of Ngāti Toa. He belonged to Ngāti Pēhi (now Ngāti Tūrumakina), …
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… traditions identify the region with Waitaha, Ngāi Tara, Ngāti Māmoe and Tumatakōkiri, iwi whose names (other than … from other parts of the country. They were succeeded by Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Apa and Rangitāne, iwi associated with the Kurahaupō …
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Part of story: Marlborough region
… of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāi Tai, Te Whakatōhea, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa ki Kawerau, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui, and some of the tribes of the Te Arawa …
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Part of story: Bay of Plenty region
… Whakatōhea today Te Whakatōhea consists of six sub-tribes: Ngāti Ruatakena (Ngāti Rua), Ngāti Patumoana, Ngāti Ngahere, Ngāi Tamahaua, Ngāti Ira and …
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Part of story: Te Whakatōhea
… Lake Rotomahana, its terraces and up to 150 Tūhourangi–Ngāti Rangitihi residents were buried. Protected by a … food for the survivors. Most found refuge at Whakarewarewa (Ngāti Wāhiao), Ngāpuna (Ngāti Hurunga), Waitangi (Tapuika), Matatā (Ngāti Rangitihi) …
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Part of story: Te Arawa
… farming. In 1849 he married Caroline Te Maawe Newha of Ngāti Maniapoto ; Huiatahi's father, Thomas Te Murunga … of Tutūnui Te Kanawa (also known as Tangi Te Hau) of Ngāti Uekaha. Huiatahi, also known as Te Pioi Pareārohi, was … Huiatahi grew up immersed in the language and culture of Ngāti Uekaha and Ngāti Maniapoto. His maternal grandfather, …
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… further descent from Te Ātawhiua hapū of Canterbury and Ngāti Kurī hapū of Kaikōura. Pāora Taki served his … suffered a series of major raids in 1828 by musket-armed Ngāti Toa under Te Rauparaha . Ngāti Toa first attacked Kaikōura, and then went south to …
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… in 1866 or 1867 at Rāmoto, Frasertown, north of Wairoa, of Ngāti Kahungunu descent. His main hapū was Ngāti Mihi on his father's side. His mother's hapū were Ngāi … and Te Aitanga-a-Hinemanuhiri. Other hapū Hēmi claimed were Ngāti Hinetū, Ngāti Kōtore of Pāpuni, Ngāti Paikea of …
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… trying to recover from the devastating raids of Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Maru in the 1820s. Little is known of his early life. … and a daughter named Matu. By 1860 Hira Te Popo's hapū, Ngāti Ira, had become wealthy traders and farmers. A flour … , a cutter registered in Hira Te Popo's name and owned by Ngāti Ira, was used to transport their produce to the …
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… near Lake Rotorua. His father was Hēmana Te Whareiro of Ngāti Wāhiao, descendants of Tūhourangi of Te Arawa. Hemana … mother, Kanea II, also of high rank, was of Tūhourangi, and Ngāti Tūnohopū hapū of Ngāti Whakaue. Mita had an elder brother, Topia, a younger …
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… The most famous of the women of Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Maniapoto in the nineteenth century was undoubtedly … about 1816. Her descent from and connections to both Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Maniapoto shaped her future. Her …
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… in the nineteenth century. Her mother was Waitohi , of Ngāti Toa and Ngāti Raukawa, and her father Te Rākaherea. Her hapū were Ngāti Kimihia and Ngāti Te Maunu. As a young woman she …
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… Ngāti Kahungunu is the largest iwi (tribe) in Hawke’s Bay, … areas. Later migrants The people who became known as Ngāti Kahungunu arrived in the region during the 16th … Some descendants on the Māhia Peninsula identify as Ngāti Rongomaiwahine rather than Ngāti Kahungunu. Rangitāne …
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Part of story: Hawke’s Bay region
… canoe. Te Aupōuri Te Aupōuri were originally known as Ngāti Ruānui. They were closely related to Te Rarawa, … Their daughter, Haere-ki-te-rā, was the ancestor of the Ngāti Ruānui chiefs, Whēru and Te Ikanui. Another daughter, … important early leaders for the predecessors of Te Rarawa. Ngāti Ruānui dominated the Whāngāpē and Herekino harbours. …
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Part of story: Muriwhenua tribes