__NOTOC__ Marutūāhu (also spelled, Marutūahu or Marutuahu) is a confederation of

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'' (tribes) in the Hauraki region (the

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and

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) of New Zealand. The confederation comprises the tribes of Ngāti Maru,

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, Ngāti Tamaterā, Ngāti Whanaunga and Ngāti Rongoū. The Marutūāhu tribes are descended from Marutūāhu, a son of Hotunui. Ngāti Maru tradition says that Hotunui arrived in New Zealand on the ''

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'' canoe around 1300, but

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reports that he was the son of Uenuku-te-rangi-hōkā, son of

Whatihua Whatihua was a Māori people, Māori rangatira (chief) in the Tainui confederation of tribes, based at Kāwhia, New Zealand. He quarrelled with his brother, Tūrongo, and as a result Tainui was split between them, with Whatihua receiving the norther ...

and thus a fifteen-generation descendant of the captain of ''Tainui'' canoe,

Hoturoa According to Māori tradition, Hoturoa was the leader of the ''Tainui'' canoe, during the migration of the Māori people to New Zealand, around 1400. He is considered the founding ancestor of the Tainui confederation of tribes (iwi), who now in ...

. In this case, he would have lived at the end of the sixteenth century. Either way, the Marutūāhu tribes are therefore part of the

group of tribes. They are also part of the Hauraki collective of tribes. Marutūāhu married two sisters, Hineurunga and Paremoehau, and had five sons: *Tamatepō, ancestor of Ngāti Rongoū *Tamaterā, ancestor of Ngāti Tamaterā *Whanaunga, ancestor of Ngāti Whanaunga *Te Ngako, ancestor of Ngāti Maru *Tāurukapakapa, ancestor of the Ngāti Te Aute hapū Paremoehau was mother of the older three sons, while Hineurunga was the mother of Te Ngako and Tāurukapakapa. Although Te Ngako and Tāurukapakapa were younger than their half-brothers, Hineurunga was the ''tuakana'' (eldest sister), which gave Te Ngako the ''

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'' of being ''tuakana'' to his older brothers. Hence his descendants are called Ngāti Maru, not Ngāti Te Ngako. The Hauraki Ngāti Maru say that the Ngāti Maru of Taranaki are descended from Marutūāhu's brother Maruwharanui, but the Taranaki Ngāti Maru appear to give him a different parentage. The descendants of a third brother, Marukōpiri, settled on the Whanganui river.

Family

By Paremoehau, Marutūāhu had three sons

* Tamatepō, who married Rangiuru, and had twins: ** Rauakitua, father of Rongomai, who was the ancestor of Ngāti Rongoū ** Rauakitai, father of Mohoao. * Tamaterā, who first married Tūmorewhitia, then Ruawehea, a puhi of Ngāti Hako, and finally, Hineurunga, his step-mother. His children were

** Pūtahi (also known as Pūtahi-nui-o-Rehua) ** Pareterā ** Taharua, ancestor of the Ngāti Taharua hapū of

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** Taiuru ** Te Hīhī ** Te Aokuranahe * Whanaunga, who first married Heitawhiri and then Paretar

His children were: ** Karaua, ancestor of the Ngāti Karaua hapū ** Iwituha (also known as Iwituahu), ancestor of a multitude of Ngāti Whanaunga hapū By Hineurunga, he had: * Te Ngako, who married Pareterā, and had ** Kahurautao, father of Rautao, who was a famous Ngāti Maru warrior and strategist ** Naunau, father of Tarawaikato and Te Ngaiea, and ancestor of the Ngāti Naunau hapū * Tāurukapakapa, who married Waenganui, a descendant of Takakōpiri, an ariki of Waitaha (Bay of Plenty iwi), Waitaha-nui-a-Hei, and had ** Hikataheroa, who through his grandson Kuaka, became the ancestor of the Ngāti Te Aute hapū

Sources

A Tainui account of Marutūāhu is recorded by Pei Te Hurinui Jones but, unusually, he does not report his source. It also appears in S. Percy Smith's ''History and Traditions of the Maoris of the west coast North Island of New Zealand prior to 1840'', published in 1910. Hauraki Ngāti Maru versions are recorded by

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in 1853 and by John White in 1888.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marutuahu Iwi and hapū

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