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… ( c. 1790–1862). Paramount chief of Ngati Tuwharetoa. A new biography of Te Heuheu Tukino III, … a reconciliation. Iwikau was chosen paramount chief of Ngati Tuwharetoa because of his family ties with the powerful Waikatos and with Ngati Maniapoto, and also because Horonuku (Te Heuheu Tukino …
… Pokaia, and their traditional enemies, the Te Roroa hapu of Ngati Whatua. Such was his prowess on this occasion that, in … the Ngapuhi were successfully ambushed by Murupaenga, of Ngati Whatua. Pokaia was killed in this engagement and the … In 1808 Hongi was present at the battle between the Ngati Korokoro branch of Ngapuhi and the Te Roroa at …
… the earliest inhabitants, but were later succeeded by the Ngati Mamoe who in turn were driven out or absorbed by the Rangitane, Muaupoko, and Ngati Apa tribes. During 1820 the district was ravaged by a … the late 1820s Te Rauparaha returned from Kawhia with his Ngati Toa and allied Ngati Raukawa and Ngati Awa people and …
… belonged to the Ruahiihiki hapu of Ngai Tahu and to the Ngati Moki hapu of Ngati Mamoe and was lesser chief to Tuhawai, ki. He showed … besieged by Te Rauparaha. Three years later he pursued the Ngati Toa from Kaiapohia to Tory Channel and, afterwards, to …
… (?–1837). Fighting chief and priest of the Ngati Tama. A new biography of Te Puoho-o-te-rangi appears … 1822 but, later, returned to Kawhia where he supported the Ngati Toa against the Waikato and Maniapoto tribes. In the … Te Rauparaha and, when the latter emigrated to Kapiti, the Ngati Tama were assigned territories in the adjacent …
… Also known as Mokau ( c. 1780–1855). Chief of Ngati Toa. A new biography of Te Rangihaeata appears in the … On their return journey he captured, at Turakina, a Ngati Apa chieftainess named Pikinga. Although he had other wives he subsequently married her. During Ngati Toa's migration to Kapiti, Rangihaeata was prominent …
… time to time contested. In the 1820s many of the resident Ngati Awa Tribe migrated to the Otaki district. During their … The New Zealand Company purchased from the few remaining Ngati Awa a block of 60,000 acres, including the Waitara … but this plan was abandoned because of the river bar. Some Ngati Awa returned from the Otaki district after 1839 and, …
… its tribal domain: Atiawa at Waitara, Waikato at Rangiriri, Ngati Maniapoto at Orakau, and Ngai-te-Rangi at Gate pa. In … by the Government for European settlement. Some tribes like Ngati Maniapoto lost no land, though equally involved in the conflict with Waikato who lost almost all their land. Ngati Haua, who fought at Rangiriri, lost very little; and …
… central North Island and comprised the tribal lands of Ngati Maniapoto, Ngati Tama, Ngati Tuwharetoa (the portion lying west and south of Lake …
… (1821–88). Paramount chief of Ngati Tuwharetoa. A new biography of Te Heuheu Tukino IV, … the tangi and was accompanied by the principal Waikato and Ngati Maniapoto chiefs. He assumed the name Horonuku … River, while a second party from south Taupo joined the Ngati Raukawa at Orakau (April 1864). Horonuku reached …