Ngāti Whakaue is a
Māori
Māori or Maori can refer to:
Relating to the Māori people
* Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group
* Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand
* Māori culture
* Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...
iwi
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.
...
, of the
Te Arawa
Te Arawa is a confederation of Māori people, Māori iwi and hapū (tribes and sub-tribes) of New Zealand who trace their ancestry to the ''Arawa (canoe), Arawa'' migration canoe (''waka''). The tribes are based in the Rotorua and Bay of Plent ...
confederation of New Zealand, tracing its descent from
Whakaue Kaipapa, son of Uenuku-kopakō, and grandson of
Tūhourangi. The tribe lives in the
Rotorua
Rotorua () is a city in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. It is sited on the southern shores of Lake Rotorua, from which it takes its name. It is the seat of the Rotorua Lakes District, a territorial authorities of New Zea ...
district and descends from the
Arawa waka.
The Ngāti Whakaue village
Ōhinemutu is within the township of Rotorua. The Ngāti Whakaue chief Pūkākī is depicted on the
New Zealand 20 cent coin
The New Zealand twenty-cent coin is the second-lowest-denomination coin of the New Zealand dollar. The 20-cent coin was introduced when the New Zealand dollar was introduced on 10 July 1967, replacing the New Zealand florin coin. Its original re ...
.
The Ngāti Whakaue Education Trust Board administers grants to a range of education projects, and has been a source of funding for
Rotorua Boys' High School,
Rotorua Girls' High School,
Rotorua Lakes High School and
Western Heights High School since its establishment in 1881 under the
Fenton Agreement. Revenues to the Trust derive primarily from commercial leases in the
Rotorua CBD, which increased sharply upon the expiration of 99-year leases in 1980. In 2023, the Trust reported a net profit after tax of $9,004,155.
[Ngāti Whakaue Education Trust Board]
''Annual Report 2022-23''
Te Arawa FM is the radio station of
Te Arawa
Te Arawa is a confederation of Māori people, Māori iwi and hapū (tribes and sub-tribes) of New Zealand who trace their ancestry to the ''Arawa (canoe), Arawa'' migration canoe (''waka''). The tribes are based in the Rotorua and Bay of Plent ...
iwi, including Ngāti Whakaue,
Ngāti Pikiao and
Tūhourangi. It was established in the early 1980s and became a charitable entity in November 1990.
The station underwent a major transformation in 1993, becoming Whanau FM.
One of the station's frequencies was taken over by
Mai FM in 1998; the other became Pumanawa FM before later reverting to Te Arawa FM.
It is available on in
Rotorua
Rotorua () is a city in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. It is sited on the southern shores of Lake Rotorua, from which it takes its name. It is the seat of the Rotorua Lakes District, a territorial authorities of New Zea ...
.
See also
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Te Papaiouru Marae
*
Arawa (canoe)
''Arawa'' was one of the great Māori migration canoes, ocean-going, voyaging canoes in Māori mythology, Māori traditions that was used in the migrations that settled New Zealand. The Te Arawa confederation of Māori people, Māori iwi and ha ...
References
External links
Ngāti Whakaue website
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