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… the chiefs who suffered a sharp defeat at the hands of the Ngati Whatua tribe at Moremo-nui, between Hokianga and … with a combined force of 800 men from Ngapuhi and from Ngati Maru of the Hauraki district. The expedition, which was primarily bent …
… fighting prowess and leadership against the tribes from the Hauraki Gulf. Later, in 1828, in the wars against the Ngati Kahungunu (Hawke's Bay), he was made … force from the Waikato, Ngati Maniapoto, Wanganui, Ngati Maru, Ngati Raukawa, and Tuwharetoa tribes. In turn he …
… During this engagement Pomare captured Te Rangi-i-paia, a Ngati Porou woman of the highest rank, whom he later took to … same year he accompanied Hongi on his compaign against the Ngati Maru. He assisted at the capture of Mauinaima pa, but … by the Ngati Paoa and Ngati Tipa at Motutapu Island in the Hauraki Gulf. by Bernard John Foster, M.A., Research …
… On the south the country opens to the wide expanse of the Hauraki Plain. A branch railway from Frankton terminates at … commercial fishing in the Firth of Thames and elsewhere in Hauraki Gulf. Town industrial activities include fish … for new ore bodies. The Thames district was settled by the Ngati Maru. On 16 November 1769 Captain James Cook in his …
… to Thames where he intervened, singlehanded, to disarm the Ngati Maru and prevent them from joining the rebels. During … In May 1864 Mackay was appointed Civil Commissioner for the Hauraki district. There he negotiated mining agreements with …