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Tamamutu
Tamamutu was a 17th-century Māori people, Māori ''ariki'' (chieftain) of the Ngāti Te Rangiita hapū and the paramount chief of the Ngāti Tūwharetoa iwi of the region around Lake Taupō, New Zealand. He was based at Motutere, New Zealand, Motutere, but was an active warrior, leading campaigns against the Whanganui Māori of the Manganuioteao River valley to the southwest, against Te Arawa on the shores of Lake Rotorua to the north, and against Ngati Kahungunu in Hawke’s Bay. He was also a talented orator, who is the source of several ''whakatauki'' (Māori proverbs) and forged a lasting peace between Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Te Arawa. On his death, he was succeeded as paramount chief of Ngāti Tūwharetoa by his son Kapawa. Life Tamamutu was the oldest son of Te Rangi-ita (Ngāti Tūwharetoa), Te Rangi-ita and Waitapu. Through his father, Te Rangi-ita, he was a descendant of Tūwharetoa i te Aupōuri. His mother was the daughter of Te Ata-inutai of Ngāti Raukawa, through who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tūwharetoa I Te Aupōuri
Tūwharetoa i te Aupōuri, also called Tūwharetoa-waekae-rakau, was a Māori people, Māori ''ariki'' (chieftain) in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand and the eponymous ancestor of the Ngāti Tūwharetoa iwi, who probably lived in the sixteenth century. During his life, he established control over a large section of the Bay of Plenty. In his old age, his children and grandchildren Ngāti Tūwharetoa invasion of Taupō, invaded Taupō, which became the centre of the iwi's rohe. Life Tūwharetoa was the son of Mawake-Taupō and Ha-ahuru. Through his father, he descended from Te Arawa, Mataatua, and ultimately from Ngātoro-i-rangi, who arrived in New Zealand on the ''Arawa (canoe), Arawa'' canoe, and the atua, Rongomai, Rongomai-nui. Through his mother, he was descended from Hapuonone, a tribe that had been settled at Ōhiwa before the arrival of ''Arawa'', and from Mataatua. This ancestry gave him great Mana (Oceanian mythology), mana and a strong claim to the land. On account of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motutere, New Zealand
Motutere is a small township on the southeastern shore of Lake Taupō in New Zealand's Waikato region.Dowling, P. (ed.) (2004). ’’Reed New Zealand atlas’’. Auckland: Reed Publishing. It lies on Motutere Bay, close to the popular diving location, Te Poporo / Bulli Point, and approximately halfway between Taupō and Tūrangi, to both of which it is connected by SH1. In the 18th century, the township was the base of Te Rangi-tua-matotoru, the paramount chief of Ngāti Tūwharetoa. Motutere is dominated by a camping site, one of the main spots for caravan camping along the shores of the lake. A popular short walking track, Waipehi Walk, begins at the settlement and offers views across the lake. " |
Hawke’s Bay
Hawke's Bay ( mi, Te Matau-a-Māui) is a Regions of New Zealand, local government region on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. The region's name derives from Hawke Bay, which was named by Captain James Cook in honour of Admiral Edward Hawke. The region is governed by Hawke's Bay Regional Council. Geography The region is situated on the east coast of the North Island. It bears the former name of what is now Hawke Bay, a large semi-circular bay that extends for 100 kilometres from northeast to southwest from Māhia Peninsula to Cape Kidnappers. The Hawke's Bay Region includes the hilly coastal land around the northern and central bay, the floodplains of the Wairoa River, Hawke's Bay, Wairoa River in the north, the wide fertile Heretaunga Plains around Hastings, New Zealand, Hastings in the south, and a hilly interior stretching up into the Kaweka Ranges, Kaweka and Ruahine Ranges. The prominent peak Taraponui is located inland. Five major rivers flow to the Hawke' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mōkai
Mokai ( mi, Mōkai) is a rural community in the Taupo District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. The local Mōkai Marae and Pakake Taiari meeting house is a meeting place for: Pouākani, the Ngāti Tūwharetoa hapū of Ngāti Hā, Ngāti Moekino, Ngāti Parekāwa, Ngāti Tarakaiahi, Ngāti Te Kohera, the Ngāti Wairangi and the Ngāti Raukawa hapū of Ngāti Moekino, Ngāti Parekāwa, Ngāti Tarakaiahi, Ngāti Te Kohera, the Ngāti Wairangi hapū of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Whaita and Ngāti Hā. Mokai Power Station is a geothermal power station owned by the Tuaropaki Power Company and operated by Mercury Energy. It was constructed in 1999 and expanded in 2005 and 2007. Demographics Mokai settlement is in an SA1 statistical area which covers . The SA1 area is part of the larger Marotiri statistical area. The SA1 area had a population of 174 at the 2018 New Zealand census, unchanged since the 2013 census, and a decrease of 6 people (−3.3%) sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tū-te-tawhā Whare-oneone
Tū-te-tawhā Whare-oneone was a 17th-century Māori '' rangatira'' (chieftain) of Ngāti Tūwharetoa from the region around Lake Taupō, New Zealand. He arranged a raid in revenge for the murder of his maternal grandfather, Te Ata-inutai. He was a brave warrior, but also excessively proud and died when he led an ambitious but ill-conceived raid up the Waikato River to Cambridge. He probably lived in the mid-seventeenth century. He is the ancestor of the Ngāti Tutetawhā hapu of Ngāti Tūwharetoa. Life Tū-te-tawhā was the youngest son of Te Rangi-ita and Waitapu. Through his father, Te Rangi-ita, he was a descendant of Tūwharetoa i te Aupōuri. He was named after his paternal grandfather, Tū-te-tawhā (sometimes referred to as Tū-te-tawhā I) and is referred to as Tū-te-tawhā Whare-oneone or Tū-te-tawhā II in order to distinguish him from him. His mother was the daughter of Te Ata-inutai of Ngāti Raukawa, through whom he was a descendant of Hoturoa, captain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pare-kāwa
Pare-kāwa was a Māori '' rangatira'' (chieftain) of Ngāti Tūwharetoa from the region around Lake Taupō, New Zealand. She is the ancestor of the Ngāti Parekāwa hapū. She probably lived in the mid-seventeenth century. Life Pare-kāwa was the first-born child of Te Rangi-ita and Waitapu. Through her father, Te Rangi-ita, she was a descendant of Tūwharetoa i te Aupōuri. Her mother was the daughter of Te Ata-inutai of Ngāti Raukawa, through whom she was a descendant of Hoturoa, captain of the ''Tainui'' canoe. Her parents had been married as part of a peace agreement which ended an attack by Te Ata-inutai on Ngāti Tūwharetoa. She had three younger sisters, Uru-kaihina, Piunga-tai, and Tore-iti and four younger brothers, Tama-mutu, Manu-nui, Meremere, and Tū-te-tawhā. They all grew up at Marae-kōwhai, north of Lake Taupō, near Mōkai. As the eldest child, Pare-kāwa had significant mana and, as a result, Tama-mutu gave her the land west of Lake Taupō, as fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tūrongo
Tūrongo was a Māori rangatira (chief) in the Tainui confederation of tribes, based at Rangiātea, near Waikeria, New Zealand. He quarrelled with his brother, Whatihua, and as a result Tainui was split between them, with Tūrongo receiving the southern Waikato region. He probably lived in the early sixteenth century. Life Tūrongo was a male-line descendant of Hoturoa, leader of the ''Tainui'' ''waka'' through his father Tāwhao. Tāwhao married two daughters of Te Aorere, another descendant of Hoturoa, Pūnui-a-te-kore and Maru-tē-hiakina. Tūrongo was born to the senior wife, Pūnui-a-te-kore, but his half-brother Whatihua was born before him to Maru-tē-hiakina. As a result, the relative status of the two sons was unclear and they competed for pre-eminence. As youths, Whatihua and Tūrongo went hunting ''kūaka'' (Bar-tailed godwits) on Kaiwhai island off Kāwhia. At first all the birds came to Tūrongo and he caught great numbers, but while he was focussed on cooking the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tāwhao
Tāwhao was a Māori rangatira (chief) in the Tainui confederation of tribes, based at Kāwhia, New Zealand. He probably lived around 1500 CE. He was the last chief to led the whole of Tainui, since the feud between his two sons, Whatihua and Tūrongo, led him to divide it into northern and southern sections. Life Tāwhao was a male-line descendant of Hoturoa, leader of the ''Tainui'' waka through his father Kākāti. According to Jones, the line of descent is Hoturoa, Hotuope, Hotuāwhio, Hotumatapū, Mōtai, Ue (who married Kahupeka), Rakamaomao, and Kākāti. His mother was Ururangi, a descendant of Taumauri from the ''Kurahaupō'' waka. He was born at Kāwhia and had one older brother, Koro-te-whao, about whom nothing is recorded, and younger half-brother, Tuhianga, who had further descendants, including Haumia and Kaihamu. As a young man, Tāwhao moved to Whāingaroa ( Raglan), where he married Pūnui-a-te-kore, daughter of Te Aorere, another descendant of Hoturoa. After his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kahupeka
Kahupeka (sometimes referred to as Kahu, Kahupekapeka or Kahukeke) was a Maori healer in the 1400s who helped pioneer herbal medicine in New Zealand. She is remembered in oral history as a Tainui explorer who travelled the North Island, naming several locations and experimenting with herbal medicines. Life According to Pei Te Hurinui Jones, Kahupeka was a daughter of Rangaiho, son of Hape, son of Ngare, son of Rakatāura, a tohunga of the '' Tainui'' waka and his wife Kahukeke, daughter of Hoturoa, leader of the ''Tainui'' waka. She grew up on Karioi and travelled to Kāwhia to marry Ue, the senior male-line descendant of Hoturoa (Jones gives the line of descent as Hoturoa, Hotuope, Hotuāwhio, Hotumatapū, Mōtai, Ue). Kahupeka had one son by Ue, Rakamaomao. After Ue's death, she was grief-stricken and journeyed inland from Kāwhia. While travelling around the Waikato region, she is credited with naming many Waikato landscape features including Mount Pirongia and Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tainui (canoe)
In Māori tradition, ''Tainui'' was one of the great ocean-going canoes in which Polynesians migrated to New Zealand approximately 800 years ago. In Māori tradition, the ''Tainui'' waka was commanded by the chief Hoturoa, who had decided to leave Hawaiki because over-population had led to famine and warfare. The crew of the ''Tainui'' were the ancestors of the iwi that form the Tainui confederation. Crafting The Tainui waka (canoe) was made from a great tree, at a place in Hawaiki known then as Maungaroa, on the spot where a stillborn child had been buried. According to Te Tāhuna Herangi the waka was named after the child who had been called Tainui. The canoe was made by Rakatāura, an expert boat builder in the tradition of Rātā, or according to Wirihana Aoterangi by Rātā himself. It was built with three adzes (''toki''): ''Hahau-te-pō'' ('Chop the night-world') to chop down the tree, ''Paopao-te-rangi'' ('Shatter the heavens') to split the wood, and ''Manu-tawhi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoturoa
According to Māori mythology, Māori tradition, Hoturoa was the leader of the ''Tainui (canoe), Tainui'' canoe, during the Māori migration canoes, migration of the Māori people to New Zealand, around 1400. He is considered the founding ancestor of the Tainui, Tainui confederation of tribes (iwi), who now inhabit the central North Island. Voyage to New Zealand According to Māori tradition, Hoturoa was a leader in Hawaiki, an unlocated territory somewhere in Polynesia. Because over-population had led to famine and warfare, Hoturoa decided to leave Hawaiki and he commissioned Rakatāura, an expert boat builder in the tradition of Rātā (Māori mythology), Rātā (or according to Wirihana Aoterangi by Rātā himself) to build the Tainui Waka (canoe), waka According to Pei Te Hurinui Jones the waka was named Tainui because when it first went into the water, it did not ride smoothly and one of Hoturoa's wives, perhaps Marama, shouted out "Hoturoa, your canoe is ('very heavy')". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
