Ngāti Hine is an

iwi Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori roughly means "people" or "nation", and is often translated as "tribe", or "a confederation of tribes". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, an ...

with a

rohe The Māori people of New Zealand use the word ''rohe'' to describe the territory or boundaries of ''iwi'' (tribes), although some divide their rohe into several ''takiwā''. The areas shown on the map (right) are indicative only, and some iwi ...

in Northland,

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. It is part of the wider

Ngāpuhi Ngāpuhi (or Ngā Puhi) is a Māori iwi associated with the Northland region of New Zealand and centred in the Hokianga, the Bay of Islands, and Whangārei. According to the 2018 New Zealand census, the estimated population of Ngāpuhi is 165, ...

iwi. Its

(tribal area) covers the areas of Waiomio, Kawakawa,

Taumarere Taumarere is a locality in the Bay of Islands in Northland, New Zealand. The Kawakawa River and State Highway 11 run through Taumarere. The town of Kawakawa is 3 km to the southwest. Opua is 7 km to the north and Paihia 14 km. ...

Moerewa Moerewa is a small town in the Northland Region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located close to the Bay of Islands five kilometres to the west of Kawakawa. Moerewa is a service town for the surrounding farming industry. Its main ind ...

Ruapekapeka Ruapekapeka, a pā southeast of Kawakawa in the Northland Region of New Zealand, is one of the largest and most complex pā in New Zealand; Ngāpuhi designed it specifically to counter the cannon of British forces. The earthworks can still b ...

Motatau Motatau or Mōtatau is a locality in the Northland Region of the North Island of New Zealand. Maromaku is to the east. The Taikirau Stream flows from east through Motatau and then runs northwest to join the Waiharakeke Stream. The North Auckland L ...

, Waimahae,

Towai Towai ( mi, Tōwai) is a locality in the Northland Region of the North Island of New Zealand. New Zealand State Highway 1, State Highway 1 passes just to the east. Kawakawa, New Zealand, Kawakawa is 16 km northwest, and Whakapara is 17 ...

, Akeramaa,

Pakaraka Pakaraka is a settlement in Northland Region, Northland, New Zealand, at the junction of New Zealand State Highway 1, State Highway 1 and New Zealand State Highway 10, 10, in the district the Ngāpuhi tribe called Tai-a-mai. Demographics Pakara ...

Otiria Otiria is a rural locality in the Northland Region of New Zealand's North Island. It neighbours Moerewa to the east, with the nearest major town, Kawakawa a few kilometres further eastwards. Other nearby localities include Pokapu to the south ...

Pipiwai Pipiwai ( mi, Pīpīwai) is a locality in the Te Horo valley in Northland Region, Northland, New Zealand. Whangārei is about 35 km to the southeast. Titoki, New Zealand, Titoki is about 16 km to the south. There are few jobs in the ...

Kaikou Tautoro is a locality about 8 km south-southeast of Kaikohe in Northland, New Zealand. Further to the south is the Awarua rural community. History and culture Tautoro has Ngāpuhi marae: * Kaikou Marae and Eparaima Makapi meeting house ...

and

Te Horo Te Horo and Te Horo Beach are two localities on the Kapiti Coast of New Zealand's North Island. Te Horo Beach is the larger of the two settlements and, as its name implies, is located on the Tasman Sea coast. Te Horo is located to the east, a sh ...

History

Ngāti Hine is descended from a female ancestor, Hineamaru, a great granddaughter of

Rāhiri Rāhiri (estimated to have lived sometime between 1475-1585) is the ''tūpuna'' (ancestor) of Ngāpuhi of Northland Region, Northland and Ngāti Rāhiri Tumutumu of the Hauraki District in New Zealand. The Ngāpuhi today is the largest Māori people ...

who settled in the Waiomio Valley, near Kawakawa. The prominent leader in the early years of European contact was

Te Ruki Kawiti Te Ruki Kawiti (1770s – 5 May 1854) was a prominent Māori rangatira (chief). He and Hōne Heke successfully fought the British in the Flagstaff War in 1845–46. Belich, James. ''The New Zealand Wars''. (Penguin Books, 1986) He traced descent ...

(1770s–1854). Ngāti Hine sought to withdraw from Te Runanga-a-Iwi o Ngapuhi charitable trust in 2010, without withdrawing from Ngāpuhi.

Hapū and marae

Marae

The ''

marae A ' (in New Zealand Māori, Cook Islands Māori, Tahitian), ' (in Tongan), ' (in Marquesan) or ' (in Samoan) is a communal or sacred place that serves religious and social purposes in Polynesian societies. In all these languages, the term a ...

'' (communal places) of Ngāti Hine include: *Horomanga marae in Moerewa *Kaikou marae and Eparaima Makapi meeting house in Matawaia *Kawiti marae and Te Tawai Riri Maihi Kawiti meeting house in Waiomio *Matawaia marae and Rangimarie meeting house in Matawaia *Maungārongo marae and Maungārongo meeting house in Moerewa *Miria marae and Te Rapunga meeting house in Waiomio *Mohinui marae and Hohourongo meeting house in Waiomio *Mōtatau marae and Manu Koroki meeting house in Mōtatau *Ōtiria marae and Tūmatauenga meeting house in Ōtiria *Parakao marae and Te Aroha meeting house in Parakao *Tau Henare marae in Pīpīwai *Te Rito marae in Kawiti *Tere Awatea maare in Orauta *Matawaia o rangimarie me te Miria te whare kai

Hapū

The ''

hapū In Māori and New Zealand English, a ' ("subtribe", or "clan") functions as "the basic political unit within Māori society". A Māori person can belong to or have links to many hapū. Historically, each hapū had its own chief and normally opera ...

'' (sub-tribes) of the Ngāti Hine rohe (tribal area) include: *Ngāti Kahu o Torongare, based at Mohinui marae and Hohourongo meeting house in Waiomio *Ngāti Kōpaki, based at Ōtiria marae and Tūmatauenga meeting house in Ōtiria *Ngāti Ngāherehere, based at Matawaia marae and Rangimarie meeting house in Matawaia *Ngāti Te Ara, based at Ōtiria marae and Tūmatauenga meeting house in Ōtiria *Ngāti Te Tārawa, based at Mōtatau marae and Manu Koroki meeting house in Mōtatau *Te Kau i Mua, based at Matawaia marae and Rangimarie meeting house in Matawaia *Te Orewai, based at Tau Henare marae in Pīpīwai

Governance

Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Hine represents the iwi in resource consent consultation under the Resource Management Act, but that does not imply formal Crown recognition of the iwi, or the trust's authority to act on behalf of the iwi. Under the Māori Fisheries Act, if Ngāti Hine correctly withdraws from the joint mandated iwi organisation of Ngāpuhi, it will also be recognised as an iwi under that Act. The charitable trust is governed by a tribal parliament, Te Mara a Hineamaru, which is made up of three representatives from 13 marae and based in Kawakawa. The rohe (tribal area) of Ngāti Hine covers the territory of

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and

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Media

Ngāti Hine FM Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori roughly means "people" or "nation", and is often translated as "tribe", or "a confederation of tribes". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, an ...

broadcasts to Ngāti Hine and Ngāpuhi on and in Whangarei.

Notable people

Arapeta Awatere Arapeta Marukitepua Pitapitanuiarangi Awatere (25 April 1910 – 6 March 1976) was a New Zealand interpreter, military leader, maori welfare officer, and local politician. Of Māori people, Māori descent, he identified with the Ngati Hine ( ...

, soldier and politician *

Ria Bond Ria Iris Daphne Bond (née Shortland, born 1976) is a New Zealand politician and former hairdresser. She was appointed to the House of Representatives as a New Zealand First list MP following Winston Peters winning the March 2015 Northland by ...

Ken Going Kenneth Tautohe Going (18 February 1942 – 6 August 2008) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A Rugby union positions#Full-back, full-back, Going represented Northland Rugby Union, North Auckland at a provincial level, and was a member of th ...

, All Black *

Pearl Going Sián-Pearl Going (born 27 January 1985) is a New Zealand publicist, media publicist, socialite, and mountaineer. Family Going was born in Northland Region, Northland and is a member of the famous Going family, renowned for producing Rugby f ...

, mountaineer * Sid Going, All Black *

George Henare George Winiata Henare (born 11 September 1945) is a New Zealand actor with a career spanning over 50 years. Early life Born in Gisborne on 11 September 1945, the third youngest in a family of ten children, Henare affiliates to the Māori trib ...

, actor *

Taurekareka Henare Taurekareka "Tau" Henare (1878 – 12 January 1940) was a Māori member of the New Zealand Parliament from 1914 to 1938, sitting for the Reform Party for most of that time, until it merged with the United Party to form the National Party in 1 ...

, politician *

Hōne Heke Hōne Wiremu Heke Pōkai ( 1807/1808 – 7 August 1850), born Heke Pōkai and later often referred to as Hōne Heke, was a highly influential Māori rangatira (chief) of the Ngāpuhi iwi (tribe) and a war leader in northern New Zealand; he was ...

, tribal leader *

Donna Awatere Huata Donna Lynn Awatere Huata (sometimes written Awatere-Huata, previously known as Donna Awatere; born 1949) is a former member of the New Zealand Parliament for the ACT New Zealand Party and activist for Māori causes. Early life Donna Awatere wa ...

, politician and Maori rights activist. *

Kirihi Te Riri Maihi Kawiti Kirihi Te Riri Maihi Kawiti (17 April 1877 – 20 February 1964) was a New Zealand tribal leader, farmer and genealogist. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Hine iwi. He was born in Waiomio, Northland, New Zealan ...

, tribal leader. *

Maihi Paraone Kawiti Maihi Paraone Kawiti (1807–21 May 1889) was a New Zealand tribal leader. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngāti Hine hapū of the Ngāpuhi iwi. He was born in Waiomio, Northland, New Zealand in 1807. His father was Te Ruki Kawiti. ...

, tribal leader *

, prominent

rangatira In Māori culture, () are tribal chiefs, the hereditary Māori leaders of a hapū. Ideally, rangatira were people of great practical wisdom who held authority () on behalf of the tribe and maintained boundaries between a tribe's land and that ...

(chief). He and

successfully fought the

British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...

in the

Flagstaff War The Flagstaff War, also known as Heke's War, Hōne Heke's Rebellion and the Northern War, was fought between 11 March 1845 and 11 January 1846 in and around the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. The conflict is best remembered for the actions of Hō ...

in 1845–46. *

Todd Miller (rugby union) Todd James Miller (born 2 December 1974) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A full-back, Miller represented Waikato at a provincial level and the in Super Rugby. He was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks ...

, from the Going family * Veeshayne Patuwai, TV presenter & actress. *

Lisa Reihana Lisa Marie Reihana (born 1964) is a New Zealand artist. Her video work, ''In Pursuit of Venus nfected' (2015), which examines early encounters between Polynesians and European explorers, was featured at the 2017 Venice Biennale. Early life ...

, artist. *

Shane Reti Shane Raymond Reti (born 5 June 1963) is a New Zealand politician and a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives, first elected at the 2014 general election. He is a member of the New Zealand National Party and served as its deputy ...

, politician *

Leilani Rorani Leilani Rorani (formerly Joyce, née Marsh; born 15 April 1974) is a New Zealand former squash player. During her professional career, she reached the world number 1 ranking, won the British Open in 1999 and 2000, and finished runner-up at the ...

, squash player *

Tau Henare Raymond Tau Henare (born 29 September 1960) is a former New Zealand Māori parliamentarian. In representing three different political parties in parliament—New Zealand First, Mauri Pacific and the National Party—Henare served as a Member o ...

, Politician *

James Henare Sir James Clendon Tau Henare, (18 November 1911 – 2 April 1989) was a New Zealand tribal leader, military officer, farmer and community leader. He fought for four years with the Māori Battalion during the Second World War, was wounded at El A ...

, KBE, DSO, Maori leader *

Peeni Henare Peeni Ereatara Gladwyn Henare () is a New Zealand Labour Party politician who has been a member of the New Zealand parliament for the Tāmaki Makaurau Māori electorate since the 2014 general election. Family Henare is a great grandson of Taur ...

, Politician * Willow-Jean Prime, Politician

References

External links

Ngati Hine Forestry Trust
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