Ngāti Wairangi (South Island Iwi)
Ngāti Wairangi may refer to: * Ngāti Wairangi (South Island iwi), a historical iwi of the West Coast of New Zealand; see Timeline of Māori battles * Ngāti Wairangi, a subtribe of Ngāti Raukawa Ngāti Raukawa is a Māori iwi with traditional bases in the Waikato, Taupo and Manawatu/Horowhenua regions of New Zealand. In 2006, 29,418 Māori registered their affiliation with Ngāti Raukawa. History Early history Ngāti Raukawa reco ...

Ngāti Wairangi (South Island Iwi)
Ngāti Wairangi may refer to: * Ngāti Wairangi (South Island iwi), a historical iwi of the West Coast of New Zealand; see Timeline of Māori battles * Ngāti Wairangi, a subtribe of Ngāti Raukawa Ngāti Raukawa is a Māori iwi with traditional bases in the Waikato, Taupo and Manawatu/Horowhenua regions of New Zealand. In 2006, 29,418 Māori registered their affiliation with Ngāti Raukawa. History Early history Ngāti Raukawa reco ...

Timeline Of Māori Battles
This timeline sets out intertribal battles involving Māori people in what is now New Zealand. Pre-colonial time (c. 1350 to 1839) 16th century * Ngāti Hotu suffered a major defeat at the battle of Pukekaikiore ('hill of the meal of rats') to the southwest of Lake Taupo where Ngāti Tūwharetoa devastated them, causing the few survivors to flee. * The battle of the five forts at Kakahi: The Ngāti Hotu set up a ring of five forts around Kakahi which the Whanganui Māori attacked and took one by one until finally the last two, Otutaarua and Arikipakewa, fell. The final, brutal episode of the battle was played out on the flats between Kakahi and the Whanganui river. 17th century * 1642, Dec: Four of Tasman's crew are killed at Wharewharangi (Murderers) Bay by a Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri war party. Tasman's ships are approached by 11 waka as he leaves and his ships fire on them, hitting a Māori standing in one of the waka. Tasman's ships depart without landing. The Dutch ch ...
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