Te Ākitai Waiohua is a

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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 ...

of the southern part of the

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History

Te Ākitai Waiohua are descended from

Kiwi Tāmaki Kiwi Tāmaki (died ) was a Māori warrior and paramount chief of the Waiohua confederation in Tāmaki Makaurau (modern-day Auckland isthmus). The third generation paramount chief of Waiohua, Kiwi Tāmaki consolidated and extended Waiohua power ...

, the grandson of Huakaiwaka, himself the ancestor of the

Waiohua Te Waiohua or Te Wai-o-Hua is a Māori iwi (tribe) confederation that thrived in the early 18th century. The iwi's rohe (tribal area) was primarily the central Tāmaki Makaurau area (the Auckland isthmus) and the Māngere peninsula, until the 1 ...

iwi, who lived in Tāmaki (the

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). The name ''Te Ākitai'' commemorates Kiwi Tāmaki's uncle Huatau, who, in the early 18th century, died at sea in the

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and whose body was dashed up (''āki'') by the sea (''tai'') on

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. Kiwi Tāmaki was killed in battle with

Te Taoū Te Taoū is a Māori iwi (tribe) of Northland and the Auckland Region in New Zealand. Together with Te Uri-o-Hau, Te Roroa and Ngāti Whātua-o-Ōrākei, it comprises the iwi (tribe) of Ngāti Whātua. The four iwi can act together or separately ...

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'' (sub-tribe) of

Ngāti Whātua Ngāti Whātua is a Māori iwi (tribe) of the lower Northland Peninsula of New Zealand's North Island. It comprises a confederation of four hapū (subtribes) interconnected both by ancestry and by association over time: Te Uri-o-Hau, Te Roroa, Te ...

in the mid-18th century. Ngāti Whātua settled in Tāmaki and the Waiohua retreated to Drury, Pōkeno, Kirikiri/

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, Ramarama and other parts of South Auckland. In the 1780s Te Ākitai Waiohua re-established settlements at

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, Pūkaki and Otahuhu. Kiwi Tāmaki had a surviving son named Rangimatoru, who lived in South Auckland with

Ngā Oho Ngā Oho, also known as Ngā Ohomatakamokamo-o-Ohomairangi, is the name of a historical iwi (tribe) of Māori who settled in the Auckland Region. In the 17th century, Ngā Oho and two other tribes of shared heritage, Ngā Riki and Ngā Iwi, form ...

, a hapū of

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei or Ngāti Whātua-o-Ōrākei is an Auckland-based Māori hapū (sub-tribe) in New Zealand. Together with Te Uri-o-Hau, Te Roroa and Te Taoū, it comprises the iwi (tribe) of Ngāti Whātua. These four hapū can act togethe ...

formed by intermarriages between

and Waiohua people. He died circa 1793, fighting alongside Ngāti Whatua in a war with Hauraki Gulf-based iwi

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, and was succeeded by his son Pepene te Tihi. In the 1820s

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, ...

of Northland acquired muskets and attacked Tāmaki, leading the local tribes to retreat to the Waikato. In 1835 the tribes returned and Te Ākitai Waiohua resettled at Pūkaki, Papakura, Red Hill (near Papakura) and Pōkeno. Te Ākitai Waiohua became supporters of the

Māori King Movement The Māori King Movement, called the in Māori, is a movement that arose among some of the Māori (tribes) of New Zealand in the central North Island in the 1850s, to establish a role similar in status to that of the monarch of the British c ...

when it arose in the 1850s. By 1861 the chiefs of Te Ākitai Waiohua were Pepene Te Tihi, grandson of Kiwi Tāmaki, and his son Ihaka Wirihana Takaanini. They lived at Pūkaki, Mangere and Ramarama. Before the

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by the colonial government, Ihaka Takaanini was accused of being a rebel. Tribal land at Mangere was confiscated and Pepene Te Tihi, Ihaka, his wife and three children were arrested. Pepene, Ihaka and two of the children died in custody in 1863–1864. The surviving child, Te Wirihana Takaanini, became the chief of Te Ākitai Waiohua.

Marae

The iwi's principal

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 ...

is Pūkaki Marae, which is in a rural area just south of the suburb of Mangere on the Waokauri Creek, an inlet of the Manukau Harbour. They are also associated with Makaurau marae at Ihumatao, just south-west of Mangere.

Notable people

* Kahupake Rongonui

References

External links

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History

Marae

Notable people

See also

References

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