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Tū-pāhau
Tū-pāhau was a Maori people, Maori ''rangatira'' (chieftain) of the Tainui tribal confederation from the Waikato region, New Zealand. Initially based at Kāwhia, he led a force south to settle at Marokopa, where his descendants became the Ngāti Toa and Ngāti Rārua iwi. He probably lived in the second half of the seventeenth century. Life Tū-pāhau was born at Kāwhia. His father, Te Urutira, was a son of Kaihamu and Tū-parahaki, both of whom were descendants of Hoturoa, the captain of the ''Tainui (canoe), Tainui'' canoe. His mother, Kearangi / Takikawehi was a descendant of Tongātea of Ngāti Ruanui, through his grandson Tamainu-pō. In one account, Tū-pāhau received his name, which means 'bearded man', in commemoration of Tamainu-pō, because the latter only received the ''tohi'' baptismal ritual when he was an adult. Conflict with Tamure Tū-pāhau established a base at Rakau-nui on the Kāwhia Harbour and developed a reputation as a great ''tohunga'' or priest. Anot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngāti Toa
Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Toarangatira or Ngāti Toa Rangatira, is a Māori ''iwi'' (tribe) based in the southern North Island and in the northern South Island of New Zealand. Its ''rohe'' (tribal area) extends from Whanganui in the north, Palmerston North in the east, and Kaikoura and Hokitika in the south. Ngāti Toa remains a small iwi with a population of only about 4500 ( NZ Census 2001). It has four marae: Takapūwāhia and Hongoeka in Porirua City, and Whakatū and Wairau in the north of the South Island. Ngāti Toa's governing body has the name ''Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira''. The iwi traces its descent from the eponymous ancestor Toarangatira. Prior to the 1820s, Ngāti Toa lived on the coastal west Waikato region until forced out by conflict with other Tainui iwi headed by Pōtatau Te Wherowhero ( 1785 - 1860), who later became the first Māori King (). Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Rārua and Ngāti Koata, led by Te Rauparaha ( 1765-1849), escaped south and invaded Taranaki and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngāti Rārua
Ngāti Rārua are a Māori iwi (tribe) of the Tainui tribal confederation, descendants of the people who arrived in Aotearoa aboard the ''Tainui'' waka (canoe). Ngāti Rārua stem from the marriage of Rārua-ioio and Tū-pāhau and had their original home at Kāwhia, Marokopa and Waikawau on the West Coast of the Waikato King Country region. In 1821 Ngāti Rārua migrated southwards in a series of ''heke'' (migrations) led by Te Rauparaha of Ngāti Toa which saw the iwi relocate to Nelson Marlborough. Ngāti Rārua tribal lands (rohe) overlap those of Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Tama, Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō and Rangitāne. Since the arrival in Te Tau Ihu, Ngāti Rārua have maintained continuous '' ahi kā'' in Golden Bay, various locations in the Abel Tasman National Park, Mārahau, Kaiteriteri, Riwaka, Motueka, Nelson, and Wairau. Hapū * Ngāti Tūrangāpeke * Ngāti Pare-Te-Ata * Ngāti Paretona * Ngāti Kairārunga * Te Arawāere Marae * Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaihamu
Kaihamu was a Māori people, Māori ''rangatira'' (chieftain) of the Tainui tribal confederation from the Waikato region, New Zealand. He probably lived in the first half of the seventeenth century. Life Kaihamu, whose name means 'scrap-eater', was the son of Mangō, who was based at Te Whena and had become the most prominent ''rangatira'' around the Kāwhia Harbour after defeating Whatihua in a battle at Mahea-takataka. Through his father Kaihamu was a direct descendant of Hoturoa, the captain of the Tainui (canoe), ''Tainui'' canoe. His mother was Hiapoto, who came from Waitōtara in south Taranaki and belonged to the Ngā Rauru iwi. John White (ethnographer), John White and Māui Pōmare say that he had a brother, Uetapu, but other sources disagree. As a youth Kaihamu learned magic and became a skilled ''tohunga''. As an adult, Kaihamu made his base at Moeātoa, to the south of Kāwhia. Journey to Waitōtara After Kaihamu was born, Mangō took Hiapoto back to Waitōtara and she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kahawai
''Arripis trutta'', known as kahawai in New Zealand and as the Australian salmon in Australia, is a South Pacific marine fish and one of the four extant species within the genus ''Arripis'', native to the cooler waters around the southeastern Australian coasts and the New Zealand coastline. Other common names for this species include Eastern Australian salmon, bay trout, blackback salmon (or just "black back"), buck salmon (or "buck"), cocky salmon, colonial salmon, newfish and salmon trout. Although it is referred to as "salmon" in Australian English and its species epithet ''trutta'' is Latin for ''trout'', it is not related to true salmons or trouts, which belong to the family Salmonidae of the order Salmoniformes. All ''Arripis'' species belong to the family Arripidae of the order Perciformes. Description ''Arripis trutta'' is a streamlined fish with a long and slender body. There is a bony ridge edge of bone beneath and in front of each eye which has obvious serrations in ... [...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] |
Manu-Tongātea
Manu-Tongātea (also known as Mātotoru) was a Māori people, Māori ''rangatira'' (chieftain) of Ngāti Ruanui and Mātaatua descent, who was probably based at Marokopa in Waikato, New Zealand and led a military expedition to the Bay of Plenty area, in around the late sixteenth century. Background Manu-Tongātea's mother was a lady of Marokopa called Peha-nui or Pēhā-nui, who was the daughter of Tongātea of Ngāti Ruanui, a descendant of Turi (Maori ancestor), Turi, the captain of the ''Aotea (canoe), Aotea'' canoe, and a local lady called Manu. His father was Kai-ahi, from the Whakatāne area, a direct descendant of Toroa, who captained the ''Mātaatua'' canoe. gives the line of descent as Toroa – Ruaihono – Tahinga-o-te-rā – Awanui-a-rangi – Rongo-tangiawa – Ira-peke – Awatope – Kai-ahi. Kai-ahi met Peha when travelling with a group and had relations with her before returning to Whakatane, telling her that he would return later. After Kai-ahi left, Peha-nui g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngāti Awa
Ngāti Awa is a Māori iwi (tribe) centred in the eastern Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand. It is made of 22 hapū (subtribes), with 15,258 people claiming affiliation to the iwi in 2006. The Ngāti Awa people are primarily located in towns on the Rangitaiki Plain, including Whakatāne, Kawerau, Edgecumbe, Te Teko and Matatā. Two urban hapū also exist in Auckland (''Ngāti Awa-ki-Tamaki'') and Wellington (''Ngāti Awa-ki-Poneke''). History Early history Ngāti Awa traces its origins to the arrival of Māori settlers on the ''Mātaatua'' waka (canoe). The ''Mātaatua'' settlers established settlements in the Bay of Plenty and Northland. Initially, the tribe controlled a large area in Northland, but conflicts with other northern iwi resulted in a southward migration. One group eventually settled in the eastern Bay of Plenty, whose descendants would eventually found the iwi. Awanuiarangi II is recognised as the eponymous ancestor of Ngāti Awa. Awanuiarangi II was a chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nemadactylus Macropterus (Tarakihi)
''Nemadactylus macropterus'', the tarakihi, jackass morwong or deep sea perch, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, traditionally regarded as belonging to the family Cheilodactylidae, the members of which are commonly known as morwongs. It is found in the south western Pacific Ocean, in Australia and New Zealand. Although there are records from the southern Indian Ocean and southwestern Atlantic, these may be due to misidentifications of similar species. Taxonomy ''Nemadactylus macropterus'' was first formally described in 1801 as ''Cichla macroptera'' by the German naturalist Johann Reinhold Forster with the type locality given as New Zealand. In 1839 Sir John Richardson described a new species ''Nemadactylus concinnus'' from Tasmania he created the monotypic genus ''Nemadactylus'' for it, ''N. concinnus'' was later considered to be a synonym of Forster's ''C. macroptera'', making this species the type species of the genus ''Nemadactylus'' as Richardson's N. concin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snapper03 Melb Aquarium
Snapper(s) may refer to: Animals * Lutjanidae, a family of fish known as snappers **''Lutjanus campechanus'', a fish found in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic coast of the United States ** Bigeye snapper (''Lutjanus lutjanus''), a fish that primarily lives in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, sometimes known as simply "Snapper" ** Cubera snapper (''Lutjanus cyanopterus''), native to the western Atlantic Ocean * Fishes from other families including: ** Australasian snapper, ''Pagrus auratus'', also known as silver seabream ** Eastern nannygai, also known as red snapper, ''Centroberyx affinis'' ** Bluefish (''Pomatomus saltatrix''), of which the smallest are often known as "snappers" **''Sebastes'', some species of which are known as "Pacific snapper" or "red snapper" * Chelydridae, a family of freshwater turtles of which both extant species are known as snapping turtles, informally shortened to "snapper" ** Common snapping turtle ** Alligator snapping turtle * ''Sistrurus caten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marokopa River
The Marokopa River is a river of the Waikato Region of New Zealand. It flows west to join the Tasman Sea at Marokopa. The main part of the river is long, with about of tributaries. The catchment is some . Near Te Anga, the river flows over the picturesque Marokopa Falls. The settlements of Awamarino and Marokopa are located on the river's banks. Trout were introduced about 1910. The lower river is polluted. See also *List of rivers of New Zealand This is a list of all waterways named as rivers in New Zealand. A * Aan River * Acheron River (Canterbury) * Acheron River (Marlborough) * Ada River * Adams River * Ahaura River * Ahuriri River * Ahuroa River * Akatarawa River * Ākiti ... References Rivers of Waikato Waitomo District Rivers of New Zealand {{Waikato-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waka (canoe)
Waka () are Māori watercraft, usually canoes ranging in size from small, unornamented canoes (''waka tīwai'') used for fishing and river travel to large, decorated war canoes (''waka taua'') up to long. The earliest remains of a canoe in New Zealand were found near the Anaweka estuary in a remote part of the Tasman District and radiocarbon-dated to about 1400. The canoe was constructed in New Zealand, but was a sophisticated canoe, compatible with the style of other Polynesian voyaging canoes at that time. Since the 1970s about eight large double-hulled canoes of about 20 metres have been constructed for oceanic voyaging to other parts of the Pacific. They are made of a blend of modern and traditional materials, incorporating features from ancient Melanesia, as well as Polynesia. Waka taua (war canoes) ''Waka taua'' (in Māori, ''waka'' means "canoe" and ''taua'' means "army" or "war party") are large canoes manned by up to 80 paddlers and are up to in length. Large waka, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
