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Rereahu People
Rereahu was a Maori ''rangatira'' (chieftain) of Ngāti Raukawa in the Tainui tribal confederation from the Waikato region, New Zealand. He probably lived in the first half of the seventeenth century. He is the ancestor of the Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Hauā, and Ngāti Korokī Kahukura iwi, and of Rereahu, a group based around Maniaiti / Benneydale, Pureora, and Maraeroa in Waitomo District, whose status as a separate iwi or as a hapu (‘sub-tribe’) of Ngāti Maniapoto is a matter of dispute. Life of Rereahu Rereahu’s father was Raukawa, the son of Tūrongo and Māhina-a-rangi, and a direct male-line descendant of Hoturoa, leader of the ''Tainui'' ''waka''. His mother was Turongoihi. He had three younger brothers: Kurawari (father of Whāita and Korokore), Whakatere, and Takihiku (father of Tama-te-hura, Upoko-iti, Wairangi, and Pipito). War with Ngāti Hā There was a tribe called Ngāti Hā, led by three chiefs, Hā-nui ('Big Hā'), Hā-roa ('Long Hā'), and Hā-kū ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waitomo District
Waitomo District is a territorial authority, located in the Waikato region, at the north of the King Country area in the North Island of New Zealand. A small part of the district, the locality of Tiroa, however, lies in the Manawatū-Whanganui region. The District covers the west coast from Te Maika, on Kawhia Harbour, to the north of Taharoa, to Mokau in the south and extends inland to Maniaiti / Benneydale and Mount Pureora. Demographics Waitomo District covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Waitomo District had a population of 9,303 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 396 people (4.4%) since the 2013 census, and a decrease of 135 people (−1.4%) since the 2006 census. There were 3,384 households, comprising 4,695 males and 4,605 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.02 males per female. The median age was 38.2 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 2,082 people (22.4%) aged under 15 years, 1, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whāita
Whāita was a Maori ''rangatira'' (chieftain) of the Ngāti Raukawa iwi in the Tainui tribal confederation based at Wharepuhanga near Rangitoto in the Waikato region, New Zealand and is the ancestor of the Ngāti Whāita '' hapu''. He probably lived in the mid-seventeenth century. Life Whāita was the son of Kurawari and Wharerere. Kurawari was a son of Raukawa and grandson of Tūrongo, the first chieftain of the southern Waikato region, and through him a direct descendant of Hoturoa, captain of the ''Tainui'' canoe. Wharerere was also a descendant of Hoturoa, through a collateral line. Whāita had a sister, called Korokore, Koroukore, or Korokoro, who married Parahore or Purahore, ''rangatira'' of the Ngāti Kahu-pungapunga, who inhabited the upper banks of the Waikato River, from Putāruru to Ātiamuri. Outbreak of war with Ngāti Kahu-pungapunga The people of Tainui desired the land of Ngāti Kahu-pungapunga, especially their two ''maunga manu'' ('bird mountains'), Whakama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matakore
Matakore was a Maori ''rangatira'' (chieftain) of Ngāti Maniapoto in the Tainui tribal confederation from the Waikato region, New Zealand. He is an ancestor of the Ngāti Matakore hapu (sub-tribe) of Ngāti Maniapoto and of the southern branch of Ngāti Raukawa. He probably lived in the early seventeenth century. Life Matakore was the third-born son of Rereahu, who was a direct descendant of Hoturoa (the commander of the ''Tainui'' canoe), and his first wife, Rangi-ānewa, daughter of Tamāio. His mother was Hine-au-pounamu, Rereahu’s second wife, whose parents were Tū-a-tangiroa of Tainui and a daughter of the Ngāti-Hā chief Hā-kūhā-nui. Matakore had an older half-brother, Te Ihinga-a-rangi, five full brothers (Maniapoto, Tū-whakahekeao, Tūrongo-tapu-ārau, Te Io-wānanga or Te Āio-wānanga, Kahu-ariari), and two sisters ( Kinohaku and Te Rongorito), many of whom were the ancestors of hapu (sub-tribes) of Ngāti Maniapoto. Matakore and Maniapoto both settled in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maniapoto
Maniapoto was a Māori '' rangatira'' (chieftain) of Ngāti Raukawa in the Tainui tribal confederation from the Waikato region, New Zealand, and the founding ancestor of the Ngāti Maniapoto iwi. Initially, he based himself at Waiponga in the Mohoao-nui swamp, near modern Ōtorohanga. After the death of his father, Rereahu, he defeated his older half-brother, Te Ihinga-a-rangi, in a battle for pre-eminence. He based himself in the region of modern Te Kuiti for a time, repulsing attacks on this area by Hou-taketake and the Ngāti Taki hapu of Ngāti Tama. Then he returned to Mohoao-nui, settling at Hikurangi, from which he repulsed a large invasion by Wairangi of Ngāti Raukawa. In his old age, he lived in the Waitomo Caves and died peacefully at a meeting of the whole iwi at Pukeroa. He probably lived in the seventeenth century. Life Maniapoto was the second-born son of Rereahu, who was a direct descendant of Hoturoa (the commander of the ''Tainui'' canoe), and his first w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Te Ihinga-a-rangi
Te Ihinga-a-rangi was a Maori ''rangatira'' (chieftain) of Ngāti Raukawa in the Tainui tribal confederation from the Waikato region, New Zealand and is the ancestor of the Ngāti Hauā and Ngāti Korokī Kahukura iwi and the Te Ihinga-a-rangi hapu of Ngāti Maniapoto. He probably lived in the first half of the seventeenth century. Life Te Ihinga-a-rangi was the first-born son of Rereahu, who was a direct descendant of Hoturoa (the commander of the ''Tainui'' canoe), and his first wife, Rangi-ānewa, daughter of Tamāio. He was born in a village called Tihikoreoreo, next to Waimiha. After his birth, Rereahu remarried to Hine-au-pounamu, and had several children, including Maniapoto. When he had grown up, Te Ihinga-a-rangi settled at Ōngārahu, southeast of Otorohanga. Conflict with Maniapoto When Rereahu was on his death-bed he decided to give his mana to Maniapoto, rather than Te Ihinga-a-rangi, because he thought the younger brother had proven himself a better leader. Ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waimiha
Waimiha is a rural community in the Ruapehu District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located south of Te Kuiti and Benneydale, and north of Taumarunui and Ongarue. History Māori have lived in Waimiha for centuries, hunting birds from the forested hills. The local Waimiha Marae is a tribal meeting ground of the Ngāti Maniapoto hapū of Te Ihingarangi. It includes Te Ihingarangi meeting house. Waimiha developed after the railway opened in 1901, which was followed by sawmillers and farmers. Crown land in the area was prepared for settlement in the 1910s. By the 1920s there were general stores, boarding houses, stables, a post office, butchery and cinema. In the late 1920s, under a government policy introduced by Āpirana Ngata, some Māori land owners received funds to convert their land into farmland. By the 1930s, of Māori land at Waimihia had been converted. Some of this land was later sold off or consolidated into larger farms. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamāio
Tamāio was a Maori people, Maori ''rangatira'' (chieftain) of the Tainui tribal confederation, based at Kāwhia in Waikato, New Zealand. He was the first chieftain to lead a war-party inland from Kāwhia, in a war against Ngāti Hā, sometime around the middle of the sixteenth century. Life Tamāio's father was Uenuku-te-rangi-hōkā, son of Whatihua (through whom he was a male-line descendant of Hoturoa, the captain of the ''Tainui (canoe), Tainui'') and Rua-pū-tahanga of Ngāti Ruanui (through whom he was a descendant of Turi (Maori ancestor), Turi, the captain of the ''Aotea (canoe), Aotea'' canoe). Tamāio's mother was Te Kete-kura, who was also descended from Hoturoa on her father's side and from the ''Tokomaru (canoe), Tokomaru'' on her mother's side. He had two half-brothers, Hotunui, who was born after Uenuku-te-rangi-hōkā had moved to south Taranaki, and Mōtai. War with Ngāti Hā There was a tribe called Ngāti Hā, led by three chiefs, Hā-nui ('Big Hā'), Hā-roa (' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyathea Medullaris
''Sphaeropteris medullaris'', synonym ''Cyathea medullaris'', commonly known as mamaku or black tree fern, is a large tree fern up to 20 m tall. It is distributed across the south-west Pacific from Fiji to Pitcairn Island. Its other Māori names include katātā, kōrau, or pītau. Distribution ''Sphaeropteris medullaris'' is common in lowland forest throughout the North Island of New Zealand. In the South Island its distribution is more localised. It is fairly common in wetter coastal areas, but rare in the drier eastern parts and absent in Canterbury and Otago. In New Zealand it also occurs on the Three Kings Islands in the far north, on Stewart Island/Rakiura in the far south and in the Chatham Islands. Its distribution also includes Fiji, the Marquesas Islands, Tahiti, the Austral Islands, and Pitcairn Island. It is not present in the Kermadecs. Description The trunk is black and covered with distinctive hexagonal stipe bases. The fronds may be up to 5 m long, and arch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puketutu Railway Station
Puketutu was a flag station on the North Island Main Trunk line, in the Waitomo District of New Zealand. It was north of Kopaki and south of Waiteti. Initial doubt about the route of the line to the south was resolved by a survey in 1884. It was then said that the bush might provide timber traffic for the railway for 50 years, until it was all converted to farm land. Works were advanced enough for a ministerial party to ride the route to the south on horseback by 1890. Most of the construction was done by cooperatives. The Public Works Department had contracted the Te Kuiti to Mokau Station section on 9 March 1887 and it opened just over 2 years later. Construction began on the section southward to Poro-O-Tarao tunnel in September 1892. However, for twelve years, from 1889 until the line to Poro-O-Tarao opened on 1 April 1901, Puketutu was the terminus of the line, though, from 18 January 1897, a weekly goods train ran to Poro-O-Tarao. The delay was partly due to poor access ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Ngāti Tūwharetoa is an iwi descended from Ngātoro-i-rangi, the priest who navigated the Arawa canoe to New Zealand. The Tūwharetoa region extends from Te Awa o te Atua (Tarawera River) at Matatā across the central plateau of the North Island to the lands around Mount Tongariro and Lake Taupō. Tūwharetoa is the sixth largest iwi in New Zealand, with a population of 35,877 of the 2013 New Zealand census, and 40% of its people under the age of 15. The tribe consists of a number of ''hapu'' (subtribes) represented by 33 ''marae'' (meeting places). The collective is bound together by the legacy of Ngātoro-i-rangi as epitomised in the ariki (paramount chief), currently Sir Tumu te Heuheu Tūkino VIII. In the 2013 New Zealand census 35,877 people identified as Ngāti Tūwharetoa. By the 2018 New Zealand census, there were at least 47,103 people identifying with the iwi, including 44,448 identifying with the Taupō branch, and 2,655 identifying with the Kawerau branch. Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
