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Ngāti Tūwharetoa–Ngāti Whitikaupeka War
The Ngāti Tūwharetoa–Ngāti Whitikaupeka War was a conflict which took place along the Mohaka River, Mohaka and Ōamaru River valleys in the Kaweka Range, Kaweka and Kaimanawa Ranges of the central North Island of New Zealand. In revenge for the murder of Taniwha-pare-tuiri, Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Kurapoto attacked Ngāti Whitikaupeka, a hapū of Ngāti Kahungunu. After the war the area between the Mohaka River and the Owhaoko Plateau became part of Ngāti Tūwharetoa's territory. Murder of Taniwha-pare-tuiri Taniwha-pare-tuiri was the wife of Turi-roa of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, who lived at Mohaka-Tapapa on the Mohaka River. She went to dig bracken fern, fernroot at the nearby area of Poponui, drying it and placing it in ''Kete (basket), kete'' (flax baskets) along with Orthoceras novae-zeelandiae, perei roots which she found while digging. These roots look a lot like sweet potato, kumara and when she passed by the Ngāti Whitikaupeka village of Paerangi, the local childre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohaka River
The Mohaka river is on the North Island of New Zealand in the east central region of Hawke’s Bay. Mohaka is a Maori word, roughly translated it means “place for dancing”. The iwi (Māori tribes) associated with the Mohaka River are Ngāti Pāhauwera, Ngāti Hineuru, Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Mana Ahuriri. The headwaters are found in the Kaweka and Kaimanawa ranges. From the range it winds southeast before twisting northeast and finally southeast again to empty into the Pacific Ocean near the town of Mohaka. There are many gorges on the Mohaka; some as steep as 200m (656 feet). Its main tributaries are the Waipunga, Taharua, Hautapu rivers. The full length is and it drains a basin of . HistoryNgati Pahauwera s traditional tribal territory is from the Te Hoe river junction to its mouth. The river, including its waters, bed and fisheries, is a taonga of Ngati P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
