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Kōrero: Te Arawa

Ko Gilbert Mair rātou ko Te Ope Rererangi o Te Arawa

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Gilbert Mair and the Arawa Flying Column

I te tekau tau atu i 1860 ka haumi atu a Te Arawa hei ringa kaha mō te Karauna ki ōna riri ki ngā iwi o Waikato, o Te Tai Rāwhiti tae atu ki te whaiwhai haere i a Te Kooti. Nō roto mai i ngā pakanga whakamutunga ki a Te Kooti atu i te tau 1870 ki te tau 1872, ka whakangūngua, ka ārahina ngā hōia a Te Arawa e 100 te tokomaha e Kāpene Gilbert Mair. Ko tā rātou kārangaranga ingoa ko Te Ope Rererangi o Te Arawa. Nā rātou a Te Urewera i whakaeke i tā rātou whainga i a Te Kooti. E 5,000 pauna te nui o te utu mō tōna hopunga.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: F-20327-1/2

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Paul Tapsell, Te Arawa – European impact, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/1542/ko-gilbert-mair-ratou-ko-te-ope-rererangi-o-te-arawa (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Paul Tapsell, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.