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Te Tākinga
Te Tākinga was a Māori rangatira (chief) of the iwi Ngāti Pikiao in the Te Arawa confederation of tribes in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand. He played a decisive role in the wars between Ngāti Pikiao and Tūhourangi over Lake Rotoiti, which resulted in Ngāti Pikiao taking control of the lake. He is also the founder of the Ngāti Te Tākinga hapū. Life Te Tākinga was the son of Pikiao the younger, through whom he was a direct descendant of Pikiao, founder of Ngāti Pikiao, and of Tama-te-kapua, who captained the '' Arawa'' canoe from Hawaiki to New Zealand. Tūtānekai murdered Te Tākinga's grandfather, leading Ngāti Pikiao to relocate from Owhata to Lake Rotokakahi and Lake Tarawera. After Ngāti Pikiao murdered relatives of Tūtānekai, he sacked the pā of Moura on Lake Tarawera in revenge, but Ngāti Pikiao were at Te Puwha on the eastern side of Tarawera, when Moura was taken, so they survived and relocated to Matata, then to Otamarakau and Pukehina, before b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Māori People
Māori () are the Indigenous peoples of Oceania, indigenous Polynesians, Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand. Māori originated with settlers from East Polynesia, who arrived in New Zealand in several waves of Māori migration canoes, canoe voyages between roughly 1320 and 1350. Over several centuries in isolation, these settlers developed Māori culture, a distinct culture, whose language, mythology, crafts, and performing arts evolved independently from those of other eastern Polynesian cultures. Some early Māori moved to the Chatham Islands, where their descendants became New Zealand's other indigenous Polynesian ethnic group, the Moriori. Early contact between Māori and Europeans, starting in the 18th century, ranged from beneficial trade to lethal violence; Māori actively adopted many technologies from the newcomers. With the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti o Waitangi in 1840, the two cultures coexisted for a generation. Rising ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
