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… grandfather, and Turi Te Pātete, his father, were among the Ngāti Koata leaders who accompanied their Ngāti Toa relatives on the original migration from Kāwhia … battle of Whakapaeiti in 1824, Tūtepourangi, the paramount Ngāti Kuia leader, was captured. He then ceded D'Urville …
Type: Biography
… His father was Taonui Hīkaka (also known as Hīkaka) of Ngāti Rora, a hapū of Ngāti Maniapoto. His mother may have been Niapo of Ngāti Hia, who, along with Taonui senior, was part of a …
Type: Biography
… was Tuperiri, principal leader of Te Taoū hapū of Ngāti Whātua who overran the Auckland isthmus around 1740, … the Waiōhua who became the Nga Oho and Te Uringutu hapū of Ngāti Whātua. Thus Te Kawau, the inheritor of several chiefly lines of Ngāti Whātua and known as 'the man of many cousins', had …
Type: Biography
… Ōrākei Home of the Ngāti Whātua tribe from the 1840s, when land sales reduced … fishing grounds. During the 1920s land above the Ngāti Whātua settlement was taken for housing – Ōrākei … became a state housing suburb in 1938. Finally, in 1951 Ngāti Whātua were systematically evicted from Ōkahu Bay, …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Auckland places
… Te Moananui, sometimes known as Kurupō, was a Ngāti Kahungunu leader of high rank in Heretaunga (Hawke's Bay) in the nineteenth century. His hapū was Ngāti Hāwea. Through his father, Whakatō, he was descended … nineteenth century there was a series of battles among Ngāti Te Whatu-i-apiti and Ngāti Te Ūpokoiri in Heretaunga, …
Type: Biography
… of those hapū to which Te Wharepōuri principally belonged – Ngāti Tāwhirikura and Ngāti Te Whiti of Te Āti Awa at Taranaki, Waikanae, Ōtaki … afield, perhaps with Te Whatanui in Hawke's Bay, and with Ngāti Tama and Ngāti Mutunga when they first tried to settle …
Type: Biography
… Lineage Ngāti Maniapoto derive their name from the ancestor … across the Pacific Ocean from Hawaiki to New Zealand. Ngāti Maniapoto belong to the Tainui confederation of … over much of the northern half of the central North Island. Ngāti Maniapoto’s traditional lands encompassed the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ngāti Maniapoto
… disputes between Rangitāne and neighbouring tribes (such as Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Apa), for three or four centuries life was relatively … But in the 1820s this changed. Northern tribes, notably Ngāti Toa and Ngāti Raukawa, encroached upon the Manawatū …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Rangitāne
… The following story was written by Hoani Nahe, a Ngāti Maru (Hauraki) elder of the late 19th and early 20th … arrived here they found people living in the land – Ngati Kura, Ngati Korakorako and Ngati Turehu, all hapu or sub-tribes of …
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Part of story: First peoples in Māori tradition
… Pirihira and Raimipaha. Te Awa-i-taia was a leader of Ngāti Māhanga, whose home was on the Waipā River. As a young man he led a war party that drove Ngāti Koata south from Whāingaroa (Raglan Harbour) to … two of the most famous warriors in Waikato, Te Waharoa of Ngāti Hauā, and Pōtatau Te Wherowhero of Ngāti Mahuta, to …
Type: Biography
… Tiakitai was a Ngāti Kahungunu leader of great mana in the Waimārama area … a sister of Te Uamairangi, the paramount chief of Ngāti Te Ūpokoiri and Ngāti Hinemanu during Tiakitai's childhood. The hapū with …
Type: Biography
… Kirikiri Stream. His father was Pātara Te Rangiteapake of Ngāti Maru , also known as Pātara Paki, and his mother was Riripeti (Lillibeth) or Rohu of Ngāti Whanaunga. His principal tribe was Ngāti Maru, and his hapū were Ngāti Hauauru, Ngāti Te Aute …
Type: Biography
… the Ōtaki River, probably in 1839 or 1840. He belonged to Ngāti Pare, and was kin to Ngāti Huia, both hapu of Ngāti Raukawa ; he was also kin to Ngāti Toa. His people had …
Type: Biography
… Pōmare, originally named Whētoi, the son of Puhi of Ngāti Manu, was born in the latter part of the eighteenth … century. He was connected by descent to Ngāpuhi hapū Ngāti Rangi, Ngāti Rāhiri and Ngāti Hine, and to the independent tribe …
Type: Biography
… on 24 July 1901. Her mother, Paretauhanga Rīwhero, was of Ngāti Hine of Waikato; her father, Moroati Taiuru of Rata in the Rangitīkei district, was connected to both Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Kahungunu through his hapū Ngāti Hauiti, Ngāti …
Type: Biography
… was the son of Te Ngohiteārau, also known as Te Huatare, of Ngāti Maniapoto. His mother, Tārati, belonged to Ngāti Waiora of Mōkau and came from the Piopio area. Wahanui … and to the confiscation of land. Attempts by Waikato and Ngāti Maniapoto to regain sovereignty over their territories …
Type: Biography
… Whakatau Pītini-Morēra was the most important leader of Ngāti Kurī, a founding hapū of Ngāi Tahu in the South … a farmer. She absorbed her traditional knowledge of Ngāti Kurī from her mother, the daughter of the tribal … (John Beaton-Morel) at Little River about 1890; he was of Ngāti Rongomaiwahine and French descent. They moved to Oaro, …
Type: Biography
… Poutama, of Tangāhoe hapū of Ngāti Ruanui , was born in South Taranaki, probably early in … in the Mangaehu district, east of Stratford, and among the Ngāti Maru of the upper Waitara district. On 24 December … volunteered to go to Taupō, to their tribal enemies, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, who had raided Ngāti Ruanui at Waitotara …
Type: Biography
… Wiremu Te Koti Te Rato, of Ngāti Kahungunu , was born in Wairarapa, probably about … Te Koti Te Rato and his parents became captives of Ngāti Toa, in the Porirua area. The Wesleyan missionaries John Hobbs and John Bumby met Ngāti Toa leader Te Rauparaha at Mana Island in June 1839, …
Type: Biography
… settlement. Her father, Wiremu Rātana, had connections to Ngāti Apa , Ngāti Raukawa and Ngā Wairiki. Her mother, Ihipera Kōria Ērina, was a Methodist of Ngāti Hine descent. Both parents were descendants of the …
Type: Biography