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Kōrero: Whangārei tribes

‘Tomokanga ki te awa o Whāngārei, te kapehu Raki mā-uru ki te Uru’

‘Entrance to Whangari river, bearing NW by W’

Kei waenganui pū i te rohe whenua o ngā iwi o Whāngārei ko te whanga o Whāngārei. He puka whakaahua tēnei nā Edward Ashworth, he kaihoahoa i noho ki Tāmaki-makaurau mai i te tau 1842 ki te tau 1844. Kei runga e whakaatu ana i a Manaia, kei te taha raki o te tomokanga ki te whanga, ā, kei raro iho ki tai ko ngā moutere o Taranga me Marotiri. Kei raro ki te kokonga mauī ko tētahi waka Māori tērā pea i kitea i runga i te whanga i te tekau tau 1840. Kei raro ki te taha matau ko te mahere whenua o Bream Head, te tomokanga ki te taha raki mā-rāwhiti o te whanga.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: MS-0104-071

by Edward Ashworth

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Rāwiri Taonui, Whangārei tribes – Ancestors, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/4074/tomokanga-ki-te-awa-o-whangarei-te-kapehu-raki-ma-uru-ki-te-uru (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rāwiri Taonui, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.

Comments


16 November 2015
Kia ora, Lorna. Thanks for this - you are welcome to use Te Ara text for your paper. (All our text is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 New Zealand Licence unless otherwise stated). Regards, Jamie Mackay
Loma Cleave
16 November 2015
morning , what an interesting paper. I am currently at Te Wanaga O Aoteroa in Mangere and am researching into my history, Ngatiwai and was hoping i could use some of your information in this article? I look forward to your reply.