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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] |
Ngāti Maniapoto
Ngāti Maniapoto is an iwi (tribe) based in the Waikato-Waitomo region of New Zealand's North Island. It is part of the Tainui confederation, the members of which trace their whakapapa (genealogy) back to people who arrived in New Zealand on the waka (canoe) Tainui. The 2006 New Zealand census shows the iwi to have a membership of 33,627, making it the 7th biggest iwi in New Zealand. History Ngāti Maniapoto trace their lineage to their eponymous ancestor Maniapoto, an 11th generation descendant of the people who arrived on the ''Tainui'' waka and settled at the Kawhia Harbour. His father Rereahu led the Tainui expansion to the interior of the Waikato region, and Maniapoto settled in the southern Waikato area. Maniapoto's older brother Te Ihinga-a-rangi settled at Maungatautari, forming the Ngāti Hauā and Ngāti Korokī Kahukura iwi. Hapū and marae There are many marae (area in front of a wharenui) in the Ngāti Maniapoto area, one of the notable ones being Te Tokanga Nui ... [...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] |
Rereahu
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-k ... [...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] |
Tainui
Tainui is a tribal waka confederation of New Zealand Māori iwi. The Tainui confederation comprises four principal related Māori iwi of the central North Island of New Zealand: Hauraki, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Raukawa and Waikato. There are other Tainui iwi whose tribal areas lay outside the traditional Tainui boundaries – Ngāi Tai in the Auckland area, Ngāti Raukawa ki Te Tonga and Ngāti Toa in the Horowhenua, Kapiti region, and Ngāti Rārua and Ngāti Koata in the northern South Island. History Early history The Tainui iwi share a common ancestry from Polynesian migrants who arrived in New Zealand on the ''Tainui'' waka, which voyaged across the Pacific Ocean from Hawaiki to Aotearoa (North Island) approximately 800 years ago. According to Pei Te Hurinui Jones, the Tainui historian, Tainui first entered the Waikato about 1400 bringing with them kumara plants. By about 1450 they had conquered the last of the indigenous people in a battle at Atiamuri. Contact with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinohaku
Kinohaku was a Maori woman of Ngāti Maniapoto in the Tainui tribal confederation from the Waikato region, New Zealand. She is the eponymous ancestor of the Ngāti Kinohaku hapu (sub-tribe) of Ngāti Maniapoto and probably lived in the seventeenth century. Life Kinohaku was a daughter of Rereahu, through whom she was a direct male-line descendant of Hoturoa, the captain of the Tainui canoe, and his second wife Hine-au-pounamu, also a descendant of Hoturoa. She had one older half-brother, Te Ihinga-a-rangi, six full brothers, Maniapoto, Matakore, Tū-whakahekeao, Tūrongo-tapu-ārau, Te Io-wānanga / Te Āio-wānanga, and Kahu-ariari, and one full sister Te Rongorito. Kinohaku and her full siblings were raised in region around Kāwhia. Subsequently, they settled along the Waipā River and the Manga-o-kewa Stream, with a central hub at Te Kūiti. Marriage to Tū-irirangi Kinohaku married Tū-irirangi, who was her cousin on both sides, since his father, Huiao son of Whāita, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōtorohanga
Ōtorohanga is a north King Country town in the Waikato region in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located south of Hamilton and north of Te Kūiti, on the Waipā River. It is a service town for the surrounding dairy-farming district. It is recognised as the "gateway" to the Waitomo Caves and as the "Kiwiana Town" of New Zealand. Until 2007, Ōtorohanga held a yearly 'Kiwiana Festival.' History Early history Until the 1860s Ōtorohanga was a Ngāti Maniapoto village, with several whare (houses), peach trees and a flour mill. Huipūtea is a 300-year-old kahikatea tree, just to the south east of Ōtorohanga, which was the site of a skirmish in 1822 between Ngāti Maniapoto and Ngāpuhi. The village was abandoned after the invasion of the Waikato, except for Lewis Hettit's (or Hetet) farm. The area remained insecure, with Hettit's store being robbed by Te Kooti in 1869, but a meeting with Donald McLean later that year signalled moves towards peace. John William Ell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wairangi
Wairangi was a Maori people, Maori (chieftain) of the Ngāti Takihiku of the Ngāti Raukawa in the Tainui tribal confederation from the Waikato region, New Zealand and the ancestor of the Ngāti Wairangi . He probably lived in the mid-seventeenth century. Life Wairangi was a son of Takihiku and brother of Tama-te-hura, Upoko-iti, and Pipito. His grandfather Raukawa, son of Tūrongo and Māhina-a-rangi, was the founder of Ngāti Raukawa and a direct descendant of Hoturoa, the captain of the Tainui (canoe), ''Tainui''. Ngāti Raukawa–Ngāti Kahu-pungapunga War Wairangi joined Whāita in his war against Ngāti Kahu-pungapunga, in which they eliminated Ngāti Kahu-pungapunga and seized the upper reaches of the Waikato River, between Putāruru and Ātiamuri. After the initial assault on the Ngāti Kahu-pungapunga settlements south of Maungatautari, Wairangi and Upoko-iti led half of the war party south on the west side of the Waikato River. They passed Te Wawa, killed the ''r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kāwhia
Kawhia Harbour (Maori: ''Kāwhia'') is one of three large natural inlets in the Tasman Sea coast of the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located to the south of Raglan Harbour, Ruapuke and Aotea Harbour, 40 kilometres southwest of Hamilton. Kawhia is part of the Ōtorohanga District Council and is in the King Country. It has a high-tide area of and a low-tide area of . Te Motu Island is located in the harbour. The settlement of Kawhia is located on the northern coast of the inlet, and was an important port in early colonial New Zealand. The area of Kawhia comprises and is the town block that was owned by the New Zealand Government. The government bought it from the Europeans in 1880 "not from the original Māori owners, but from a European who claimed ownership in payment of money owed by another European". History and culture Early history The Kawhia Harbour is the southernmost location where kauri trees historically grew. Kawhia is known in Māor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waikato Region
Waikato () is a local government region of the upper North Island of New Zealand. It covers the Waikato District, Waipa District, Matamata-Piako District, South Waikato District and Hamilton City, as well as Hauraki, Coromandel Peninsula, the northern King Country, much of the Taupō District, and parts of Rotorua District. It is governed by the Waikato Regional Council. The region stretches from Coromandel Peninsula in the north, to the north-eastern slopes of Mount Ruapehu in the south, and spans the North Island from the west coast, through the Waikato and Hauraki to Coromandel Peninsula on the east coast. Broadly, the extent of the region is the Waikato River catchment. Other major catchments are those of the Waihou, Piako, Awakino and Mokau rivers. The region is bounded by Auckland on the north, Bay of Plenty on the east, Hawke's Bay on the south-east, and Manawatū-Whanganui and Taranaki on the south. Waikato Region is the fourth largest region in the country in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pei Te Hurinui Jones
Pei Te Hurinui Jones (9 September 1898 – 7 May 1976) was a Māori people, Māori political leader, writer, genealogist, and historian. He identified with the Ngāti Maniapoto iwi. As a leader of the Tainui confederation of iwi and of the Kingitanga movement, he participated in negotiations with the New Zealand government seeking compensation for land seizures, served on several boards, and authored a number of works in Māori language, Māori and English language, English, including the first history of the Tainui people. Early life Pei's mother, Pare Te Kōrae was descended from the Ngati Maniapoto iwi. His father, David Lewis, was a Pakeha storekeeper at Poro-O-Tarao railway station, Poro-o-Tarāo of Jewish descent. They had two sons, Michael Rotohiko Jones ('Mick'), born 1895, and Pei, who was born in Harataunga, Thames/Coromandel, on 9 September 1898. Lewis did not return to New Zealand after the Second Boer War. Pare Te Kōrae remarried to David Jones, of Nga Puhi, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waipā River
The Waipā River is in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. The headwaters are in the Rangitoto Range east of Te Kuiti. It flows north for , passing through Ōtorohanga and Pirongia, before flowing into the Waikato River at Ngāruawāhia. It is the Waikato's largest tributary. The Waipā's main tributary is the Puniu River. In the headwaters upstream of Ōtorohanga the river can be very clear during low flow conditions. This section of the river flows through rough farmland and patches of native bush. In this clearer part of the river there can be very good fly fishing for trout but access to the river may be limited without landowner permission. The Waipā is prone to flooding in its lower reaches as flood flows can be over 100 times——those of dry flows and the river can rise up to . In 2013 Maniapoto Māori Trust Board and the riparian local councils set up a joint management agreement for the river, following the passing of Nga Wai o Maniapoto ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
