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Whiti-patatō
Whiti-patatō was a ''rangatira'' (chieftain) of Ngāti Raukawa, based at Whare-puhunga in the Waikato region of New Zealand, who led an attack on Ngāti Tūwharetoa to avenge the death of the Ngāti Raukawa ''rangatira'', Te Ata-inutai, probably in the mid-seventeenth century. Life The surviving sources give no details of Whiti-patatō's descent or origins. Murder of Te Ata-inutai Te Ata-inutai was an elderly ''rangatira'' of Ngāti Raukawa, based at Whare-puhunga, who had once led an attack on Ngāti Tūwharetoa, during which he had killed the Tūwharetoa ''ariki'' Waikari, but then forged a peace by marrying his daughter Waitapu to the Tūwharetoa ''rangatira'' Te Rangi-ita. On the birth of his first grandson from this marriage, Te Ata-inutai travelled to Marae-kōwhai in order to perform the ''tohi'' baptismal ritual, but he was murdered by a group of Tūwharetoa led by Kewha on his journey home, as vengeance for his killing of Waikari. Attack on Tūwharetoa The youngest so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tū-te-tawhā Whare-oneone
Tū-te-tawhā Whare-oneone was a 17th-century Māori people, Māori ''rangatira'' (chieftain) of Ngāti Tūwharetoa from the region around Lake Taupō, New Zealand. He arranged a raid in revenge for the murder of his maternal grandfather, Te Ata-inutai. He was a brave warrior, but also excessively proud and died when he led an ambitious but ill-conceived raid up the Waikato River to Cambridge, New Zealand, Cambridge. He probably lived in the mid-seventeenth century. He is the ancestor of the Ngāti Tutetawhā hapu of Ngāti Tūwharetoa. Life Tū-te-tawhā was the youngest son of Te Rangi-ita (Ngāti Tūwharetoa), Te Rangi-ita and Waitapu. Through his father, Te Rangi-ita, he was a descendant of Tūwharetoa i te Aupōuri. He was named after his paternal grandfather, Tū-te-tawhā (son of Taringa), Tū-te-tawhā (sometimes referred to as Tū-te-tawhā I) and is referred to as Tū-te-tawhā Whare-oneone or Tū-te-tawhā II in order to distinguish him from him. His mother was the dau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tūwharetoa A Turiroa
Tūwharetoa a Turiroa was a Māori ''rangatira'' (chieftain) of Ngāti Kurapoto and Ngāti Tūwharetoa from the region around Lake Taupō, New Zealand. He was involved in multiple conflicts between Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Raukawa, and his death, around the middle of the seventeenth century, marked the end of a cycle of revenge sparked by the Ngāti Tama–Ngāti Tūwharetoa War Life Tūwharetoa a Turiroa was the son of Turiroa and Taniwha-pare-tuiri. He had one half-brother, Umu-ariki. Through his father, he was a direct descendant of Tuamatua, the shared ancestor of Te Arawa and Ngāti Tūwharetoa. gives the line of descent as Tuamatua - /nowiki>Rakauri - Ngātoro-i-rangi ">Ngātoro-i-rangi.html" ;"title="/nowiki>Rakauri - Ngātoro-i-rangi">/nowiki>Rakauri - Ngātoro-i-rangi /nowiki> - Tangaroa - Tupai - Ira-whitiki - Kiwi - Ruatea - Ruahei - Rangitaua - Turiroa - Tūwharetoa a Turiroa The final part of his name, 'a Turiroa' ("of Turiroa"), distinguishes him from his dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Te Rangi-ita (Ngāti Tūwharetoa)
Te Rangi-ita was a Māori people, Māori ''ariki'' (chieftain) of Ngāti Tūwharetoa from the region around Lake Taupō, New Zealand. He participated with bravery in the Ngāti Tama-Ngāti Tūwharetoa War, fought off an invasion by the Ngāti Raukawa chieftain Te Ata-inutai, and forged a peace through his marriage to Te Ata-inutai's daughter, Waitapu. Through their children, he is an ancestor of many hapū of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, including Ngāti Te Rangiita, the main hapū on the south shore of Lake Taupō, where the town of Te Rangiita, New Zealand, Te Rangi-ita is named after him. He probably lived in the early seventeenth century. Life Te Rangi-ita was the son of Tū-te-tawhā (son of Taringa), Tū-te-tawhā and Hinemihi (Ngāti Tūwharetoa), Hinemihi. His name at birth was Te Pukeihaua. Through his father, Te Rangi-ita was a descendant of Tūwharetoa i te Aupōuri. Tū-te-tawhā had been killed along with his brother Te Rapuhora during a war with Ngāti Apa. The two of them ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Te Ata-inutai
Te Ata-inutai was a Māori people, Māori ''rangatira'' (chieftain) of the Ngāti Raukawa iwi in the Tainui tribal confederation based at Whare-puhunga in the Waikato region of New Zealand. He led an attack against Ngāti Tūwharetoa on the south shore of Lake Taupō, as a result of disputes arising from the Ngāti Tama–Ngāti Tūwharetoa War and forged a peace treaty with the Tūwharetoa chieftain Te Rangi-ita (Ngāti Tūwharetoa), Te Rangi-ita, but was ultimately murdered in his old age by members of Tūwharetoa in vengeance for his earlier attack. He probably lived in the early seventeenth century. Life Te Ata-inutai was the son of Upoko-iti, a descendant of Raukawa and, through him, a direct descendant of Hoturoa, captain of the Tainui (canoe), ''Tainui'' canoe. Upoko-iti participated in the Ngāti Raukawa–Ngāti Kahu-pungapunga War alongside his cousin Whaita and brothers Tama-te-hura, Wairangi, and Pipito, in which Ngāti Raukawa conquered the stretch of the Waikato Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rangatira
In Māori culture, () are tribal chiefs, the leaders (often hereditary) of a (subtribe or clan). Ideally, were people of great practical wisdom who held authority () on behalf of the tribe and maintained boundaries between a tribe's land () and that of other tribes. Changes to land-ownership laws in the 19th century, particularly the individualisation of land title, undermined the power of rangatira, as did the widespread loss of land under the Euro-settler-oriented government of the Colony of New Zealand from 1841 onwards. The concepts of and (chieftainship), however, remain strong, and a return to and the uplifting of Māori by the system has been widely advocated for since the Māori renaissance began . Moana Jackson, Ranginui Walker and Tipene O'Regan figure among the most notable of these advocates. The concept of a is central to —a Māori system of governance, self-determination and sovereignty. Etymology The word means "chief (male or female), wellbor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cordyline Australis
''Cordyline australis'', commonly known as the cabbage tree, or by its Māori language, Māori name of ''tī'' or ''tī kōuka'', is a widely branched monocotyledon, monocot tree endemism, endemic to New Zealand. It grows up to tall with a stout trunk and sword-like leaves, which are clustered at the tips of the branches and can be up to long. With its tall, straight trunk and dense, rounded heads, it is a characteristic feature of the New Zealand landscape. It is common over a wide latitudinal range from the far north of the North Island to the south of the South Island. It grows in a broad range of habitat (ecology), habitats. The largest known tree, growing at Pākawau, Golden Bay / Mohua, is estimated to be 400 or 500 years old, and stands tall with a circumference of at the base. Known to Māori as , the tree was used as a source of food, particularly in the South Island, where it was cultivated in areas where other crops would not grow. It provided durable fiber crop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngāti Raukawa People
Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori, roughly means or , and is often translated as "tribe". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, and is typically pluralised as such in English. groups trace their ancestry to the original Polynesian migrants who, according to tradition, arrived from Hawaiki. Some cluster into larger groupings that are based on (genealogical tradition) and known as (literally , with reference to the original migration voyages). These super-groupings are generally symbolic rather than logistical. In pre-European times, most Māori were allied to relatively small groups in the form of () and (). Each contains a number of ; among the of the Ngāti Whātua iwi, for example, are Te Uri-o-Hau, Te Roroa, Te Taoū, and Ngāti Whātua-o-Ōrākei. Māori use the word ''rohe'' for the territory or boundaries of iwi. In modern-day New Zealand, can exercise significant political power in the manageme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pei Te Hurinui Jones
Pei Te Hurinui Jones (9 September 1898 – 7 May 1976) was a Māori political leader, writer, genealogist, and historian. As a leader of the Tainui tribal confederation and of the Māori King Movement, he participated in negotiations with the New Zealand Government, seeking compensation for land seizures, served on several boards, and authored a number of works in Māori and English, including the first history of the Tainui people. Early life Jones's mother was Pare Te Kōrae of the Ngāti Maniapoto tribe. His father, David Lewis, was a Pākehā storekeeper of Jewish descent at Poro-o-Tarāo, between Te Kūiti and Taumarunui. They had two sons, Michael Rotohiko Jones ('Mick'), born 1895, and Pei, who was born 9 September 1898 in Harataunga, on the Coromandel Peninsula. Lewis went to the Second Boer War and did not return to New Zealand afterwards. Pare Te Kōrae remarried to David Jones, of Ngā Puhi, and both sons adopted their step-father's surname. They moved to Te K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Edward Gudgeon
Walter Edward Gudgeon (4 September 1841 – 5 January 1920) was a New Zealand farmer, soldier, historian, land court judge, and colonial administrator. Early life Born in London, Walter Gudgeon was the first child of Thomas Wayth Gudgeon, an upholsterer, and his first wife, Mary Johnston. The family emigrated to New Zealand in 1850 and settled in New Plymouth. Walter left school to work on the family farm at the age of 11. Conscious all his life of his lack of formal education, he made up for it by reading voraciously. After leaving home at 16, he became an accomplished shepherd and drover. Military Gudgeon was managing a farm near Wanganui when fighting broke out in the area. In March 1865 he joined the Wanganui Bushrangers, and three months later became second-in-command of the Wanganui Native Contingent under Thomas McDonnell. Gudgeon was next given command of the Runanga redoubt, one of a string of forts built between Tapuaeharuru (Taupō) and Napier to restrict Te K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patu
A patu is a club or pounder used by the Māori. The word in the Māori language means to strike, hit, beat, kill or subdue. Weapons These types of short-handled clubs were mainly used as a striking weapon. The blow administered with this weapon was a horizontal thrust straight from the shoulder at the enemy's temple. If the foe could be grasped by the hair then the patu would be driven up under the ribs or jaw. Patu were made from hardwood, whale bone, or stone. The most prestigious material for the patu was pounamu (greenstone). Māori decorated the patu by carving into the wood, bone or stone. Types of patu include: * '' patu pounamu'' or '' mere'': made from pounamu (greenstone). * ''patu onewa'': made of stone. These resemble the mere in outline but thicker, because the stone used was more easily broken than the resilient pounamu. * ''patu paraoa'': made of whale bone * ''patu tawaka'' and ''patuki'': made from wood. Other styles of short-handled wooden clubs include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Taupō
Lake Taupō (also spelled Taupo; or ) is a large crater lake in New Zealand's North Island, located in the caldera of Taupō Volcano. The lake is the namesake of the town of Taupō, which sits on a bay in the lake's northeastern shore. With a surface area of , it is the largest lake by surface area in New Zealand, and the second largest freshwater lake by surface area in geopolitical Oceania after Lake Murray in Papua New Guinea. Motutaiko Island lies in the southeastern area of the lake. Geography Lake Taupō has a perimeter of approximately and a maximum depth of . It is drained by the Waikato River (New Zealand's longest river), and its main tributaries are the Waitahanui River, the Tongariro River, and the Tauranga Taupō River. It is a noted trout fishery with stocks of introduced brown and rainbow trout. The level of the lake is controlled by Mercury Energy, the owner of the eight hydroelectric dams on the Waikato River downstream of Lake Taupō, using gates b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiaha
A taiaha () is a traditional weapon of the Māori people, Māori of New Zealand; a close-quarters staff weapon made from either wood or whalebone, and used for short, sharp strikes or stabbing thrusts with efficient footwork on the part of the wielder. Taiaha are usually between in length. It has three main parts; the ''arero'' (tongue), used for stabbing the opponent and parrying; the ''upoko'' (head), the base from which the tongue protrudes; and the ''ate'' (liver) or ''tinana'' (body), the long flat blade which is also used for striking and parrying. Use Mau rākau is the martial arts, martial art that teaches the use of the taiaha and other Māori people, Māori weapons in combat. As with other martial arts styles, students of the taiaha spend years mastering the skills of timing, balance and co-ordination necessary to wield the weapon effectively. The taiaha is widely known due to its use in the ''wero'' — the traditional Māori challenge during the pōwhiri, a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
