Ngāti Te Ata Waiohua is a

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from the area around the

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in the

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of New Zealand. Ngāti Te Ata Waiohua were traditionally known as Te Ruakaiwhare, after their tribal guardian Kaiwhare, who protects the waters of the Manukau Harbour. They occupy the area around

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, Glenbrook, Akaaka, Ōtaua, Te Puni, Whakaūpoko, Mauku, Patumāhoe, Pukekohe, Pukekura (Bombay), Paerātā, Waiau Pā, Clark's Beach, Karaka, Puhitahi (Kingseat), Āwhitu Peninsula,

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and the

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. The iwi gets its name from the famous Waiohua chieftainess Te Ata-i-Rehia, a granddaughter of the founding

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chief, Huakaiwaka and daughter of Huatau. She was born on Matukutūreia (McLaughlin's Mountain) in the Manukau area and her whenua (placenta) was buried on its peak. Te Ata-i-Rehia married Tapaue, a

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chief, who was killed after winning control of a stretch of the

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from

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. His death was avenged by his son Pāpaka, who secured Waiuku for Ngāti Te Ata Waiohua with the help of Te Wehi from Aotea Harbour, the grand-nephew and son-in-law to Tapaue. Te Wairākau was a woman of Ngāti Te Ata Waiohua who signed the

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in 1840. Along with her kin and chiefs of Ngāti Te Ata Waiohua, Aperahama Ngākāinga, Te Awarahi Te Katipa and Te Tāwha, they signed the Treaty of Waitangi on the Manukau Harbour. Ngāti Te Ata Waiohua consists of 20 hapū and the iwi descends from the union of Huakaiwaka and Te Rauwhakiwhaki, founding ancestors of Te Waiohua. Huakaiwaka and Te Rauwhakiwhaki birthed the Waiohua chieftainess, Huatau, who controlled the lands in and around Ngā Matukurua, Matukutūreia (McLaughlin's Mountain) and Matukutūruru (Wiri Mountain) during the 18th Century. Many significant sites across Tāmaki Makaurau (modern-day Auckland) were named after Huatau, including St Mary's Bay and Shelley Beach situated near Point Erin, Te Ōka. This original foreshore area was known as 'Te Onemaru o Huatau', 'The Sheltered Beach of Huatau'. Huatau joined Kawahi of Ngā Iwi and Te Atairehia was born near the peak of Matukutūreia. Huarangi, the brother of Te Atairehia, commanded both Ngā Matukurua pā respectively, with his sons Tamapāhure and Tamapāhore. These people were known as Ngāti Huatau, the issues of Huatau. The principal Ngāti Te Ata Waiohua marae is Tāhuna Kaitoto Pā

marae A ' (in Māori language, New Zealand Māori, Cook Islands Māori, Tahitian language, Tahitian), ' (in Tongan language, Tongan), ' (in Marquesan language, Marquesan) or ' (in Samoan language, Samoan) is a communal or sacred place that serves reli ...

, situated near Te Pae o Kaiwaka Waiuku Estuary, which is the oldest living marae in Auckland.

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