Hōri Ngātai (? – 1912) was a

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Ngāi Te Rangi Ngāi Te Rangi or Ngāiterangi is a Māori iwi, based in Tauranga, New Zealand. Its rohe (tribal area) extends to Mayor Island / Tuhua and Bowentown in the north, to the Kaimai Range in the west, south of Te Puke and to Maketu in the east. Ngāi ...

warrior, farmer and orator. He was the son of Tūtahi, one of the signers of the

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in April 1840 at Tauranga. During the

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(1863 to 1864), Ngātai led a group of

and Pirirākau warriors, fighting alongside the Kīngitanga movement. He was present at the

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(1864), later giving an account of this to Gilbert Mair. Ngāi Te Rangi were defeated by crown troops at the Battle of Te Ranga, after which he declared that Ngāi Te Rangi would never engage in war again. After the wars, Ngātai focused on improving relations between Māori and Pākehā, and focused on maintaining the tribal rights of Ngāi Te Rangi, building the Rauru Kītahi marae in

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, close to the Te Papa Mission Station. By the late 1800s, Ngātai was the largest wheat and maize farmer in the Tauranga district.

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