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… and grand-daughter of Te Puoho, the Ngati Toa chief who was killed near Mataura while leading a taua against Tuhawaiki. Her mother was Amohau Wikitoria, of the Ngati Tawhirikura branch of Te Atiawa, which … MATENGA, Huria Te Amoho Wikitoria …
… in their visits; (b) traditional names deriving from Hawaiki – the legendary Maori homeland – or commemorating … are Taonui-o-Kupe (now Cape Jackson) and Te Mana-o-Kupe-ki-Aotearoa, which has been contracted to Mana. … both date from the Toi migration. (b) Names from Hawaiki and Polynesian Mythology A few Maori names of places in …
… the 1850s Rewi became prominent among the leaders of the “King” movement and, at the meeting at Ngaruawahia in April … when Potatau was installed, he ceremonially hoisted the “King's” flag. On the outbreak of war in Taranaki Rewi led a Ngati Maniapoto taua to Wiremu Kingi's aid. …
… Henry Buck and Rina of the Ngati Mutunga tribe of Taranaki. His mother died a young woman and the boy Peter was reared by her cousin, Ngarongo ki Tua, and his great-aunt (kuia) Kapuakore. Through his … to improve Maori social conditions by political and other kinds of direct action in education, hygiene, and health. …