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Tū-irirangi
Tū-irirangi was a Māori people, Māori ''rangatira'' (chieftain) of the Ngāti Whāita hapū of the Ngāti Raukawa iwi in the Tainui tribal confederation from the Waikato region, New Zealand. He is an ancestor of the Ngāti Kinohaku hapu (sub-tribe) of Ngāti Maniapoto and probably lived in the mid-to-late seventeenth century. Life Tū-irirangi was born at Kāwhia. His father was Huiao, who was himself a son of Whāita and a great-grandson of Raukawa, the founder of Ngāti Raukawa, through whom he was a male-line descendant of Hoturoa, the leader of the Tainui (canoe), Tainui canoe. His mother was Māpau-inuhia, a daughter of Uenuku-tuhatu, son of Whatihua and Rua-pū-tahanga. He had one full sister, Hine-moana, and a half-brother, Paiariki. Tū-irirangi married Kinohaku, a daughter of Rereahu and sister of Maniapoto. He was her cousin on both sides, since her father, Rereahu was a son of Raukawa, while her mother Hine-au-Pounamu was the daughter of one of Māpau-inuhia's brot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngāti Kinohaku
Kinohaku was a Māori woman of the Ngāti Maniapoto tribe in New Zealand's Waikato region. She lived in the seventeenth century and is the eponymous ancestor of the Ngāti Kinohaku sub-tribe (hapū) of Ngāti Maniapoto. Life Kinohaku was a daughter of Rereahu, through whom she was a direct male-line descendant of Hoturoa, the captain of the Tainui canoe, and his second wife Hine-au-pounamu, also a descendant of Hoturoa. She had one older half-brother, Te Ihinga-a-rangi, five full brothers, Maniapoto, Matakore, Tū-whakahekeao, Tūrongo-tapu-ārau, Te Io-wānanga / Te Āio-wānanga. Two full sister Kahuariari and Te Rongorito. Kinohaku and her full siblings were raised in region around Kāwhia. Subsequently, they settled along the Waipā River and the Manga-o-kewa Stream, with a central hub at Te Kūiti. Marriage to Tū-irirangi Kinohaku married Tū-irirangi, who was her cousin on both sides, since his father, Huiao son of Whāita, was a great-grandson of Rereahu’s brother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
