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Te Aupōuri is the second northernmost Māori
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. ...
(tribal group), located north of Kaitaia, Northland, New Zealand, a region known as the Te Hiku o te Ika. The iwi is one of the six
Muriwhenua Muriwhenua are a group of northern Māori people, Māori iwi, based in Te Hiku o te Ika, the northernmost part of New Zealand's North Island. It consists of six iwi, Ngāti Kurī, Ngāi Takoto, Te Pātū, Ngāti Kahu, Te Aupōuri and Te Rarawa, w ...
iwi of the far north of the North Island. The iwi of Te Aupōuri have their primary turangawaewae at Te Kao at the southern end of the Pārengarenga Harbour, with Te Oneroa-a-Tōhē (Ninety Mile Beach) to the west and Tokerau ( Great Exhibition Bay) to the east. Te Aupōuri describe the core area in which they have customary rights and associations, of varying types and nature, as running from Ngāpae in the south-west, east to Ngātū and Waipapakauri Stream, north to the mouth of the Rangaunu Harbour, to Motu-puruhi and Te Rākau-tū-hakahaka (Simmonds Islands) and north to Muri-motu (North Cape), west to Te Rerenga Wairua (Cape Reinga), encompassing Oromaki, Manawa-tāwhi, Moe-kawa and Ohau (Three Kings Islands), south to Motu-o-Pao (Cape Maria van Diemen), to Kahokawa (Scotts Point), Matapia, Waka-te-hāua (The Bluff), Hukatere and back to Ngāpae. Te Aupōuri also maintain historical associations to Rangitāhua (Raoul Island in the Kermadec Islands) and south to Waimimiha. Other iwi of Te Hiku o Te Ika also claim customary interests in this area.


History


The ancestral legend

In Māori, ''Te Aupouri'' means "The Dark Smoke" (au = smoke, pōuri = dark). According to legend, the Te Aupōuri came into conflict with
Te Rarawa Te Rarawa is a Māori iwi of Northland, New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New ...
. The battle between the two eventually caused two other chieftains, Te Ikanui and Wheru, to become besieged in their
The word pā (; often spelled pa in English) can refer to any Māori people, Māori village or defensive settlement, but often refers to hillforts – fortified settlements with palisades and defensive :wikt:terrace, terraces – and also to fo ...
in Pawarenga on Whangape Harbour. To mask their escape, they burnt their possessions and escaped under the cover of the smoke.Te Kooti Whenua Maori This is the iwi's chant:


Muriwhenua links

Te Aupōuri are one of the five iwi of Muriwhenua, also known as Te Hiku o te Ika a Māui, the Far North of Aotearoa. The people of Te Aupōuri share a number of well-known ancestors with wider Muriwhenua including: * Kupe of the Mata-whao-rua canoe and Te Ngaki of the Tāwhiri-rangi canoe; * Nukutawhiti of the Ngā-toki-mata-whao-rua canoe; * Ruanui-a-Tāne of the Māmari canoe and his wife Manawa-a-rangi; * Whakatau of the Mahuhu-ki-te-rangi canoe; * Pō-hurihanga of the Kurahaupō canoe and his wife Maieke; * Tū-moana of the Tinana canoe and his wives Pare-waha-ariki and Kahukura-ariki; * Te Parata of the Māmaru canoe and his wife Kahu-tia-nui; * Tōhē and Te Kura-a-rangi; * Tū-mata-hina and Tangi-rere; * Rāhiri, Āhua-iti and Whakaruru; * Ue-oneone and Rei-tū; * Kai-rewa and Wai-miri-rangi; * Toa-kai, Tū-kotia and Tara-whati; * Hāiti-tai-marangai and Puna; * Tū-whakatere, Tū-te-rangi-a-tohia and Tū-poia; and * Moko-hōrea and Uru-te-kawa. From these ancestors descend two families from which Te Aupōuri as an independent iwi trace their descent: Firstly, the family of Mōre Te Korohunga and Te Awa. The name ‘Te Aupōuri’ came about from an event in the time of Mōre Te Korohunga and Te Awa’s children – Kupe, Whēru, Te Ikanui, Te Kakati and Te Uruhāpainga, and Secondly, the family of Te Ihupango and Te Amongaariki II, who had two daughters – Tihe and Kohine. Te Amongaariki II is especially important to Te Aupōuri being the principal ancestress of the Te Kao lands and the southern Pārengarenga Harbour. Mōre Te Korohunga & Te Awa’s son, Te Ikanui, married Te Ihupango & Te Amongaariki II’s daughters, Tihe & Kohine. These are the ancestors of the Te Aupōuri people of Te Kao – “Ngā Uri O Te Ikanui”.


Ruanui and the Polynesian rats

According to the traditions of the Aotea,
Horouta In Māori mythology, Māori tradition, the canoe ''Horouta'' was one of the Māori migration canoes, great ocean-going canoes in which Polynesians migrated to New Zealand approximately 800 years ago. The story goes that Kahukura, a man from Ha ...
and Māmari ancestral canoes, kiore (
Polynesian rat The Polynesian rat, Pacific rat or little rat (''Rattus exulans''), or , is the third most widespread species of rat in the world behind the brown rat and black rat. Contrary to its vernacular name, the Polynesian rat originated in Southeast Asi ...
s) were passengers on their voyages from
Hawaiki (also rendered as in the Cook Islands, Hawaiki in Māori, in Samoan, in Tahitian, in Hawaiian) is, in Polynesian folklore, the original home of the Polynesians, before dispersal across Polynesia. It also features as the underworld in man ...
to New Zealand. Carvings on a window frame of Te Ōhākī marae at Ahipara depict the story of Ruanui's rat, Ruanui being the captain of the Māmari canoe. On arriving in
Hokianga Harbour The Hokianga is an area surrounding the Hokianga Harbour, also known as the Hokianga River, a long estuarine drowned valley on the west coast in the north of the North Island of New Zealand. The original name, still used by local Māori, is ...
, he released his rats onto an island now called Motukiore "rat island".


Radio

Te Reo Irirangi o Te Hiku o Te Ika, an iwi radio station, serves Te Aupōuri and other Muriwhenua tribes of the Far North. It broadcasts a main station on , an
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station Sunshine FM on and a youth-oriented station Tai FM.


Notable people

* Makarena Dudley, psychologist, lecturer at the
University of Auckland The University of Auckland (; Māori: ''Waipapa Taumata Rau'') is a public research university based in Auckland, New Zealand. The institution was established in 1883 as a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. Initially loc ...
and dementia researcher * Hone Harawira, Mana Party leader *
Ralph Hotere Hone Papita Raukura "Ralph" Hotere (11 August 1931 – 24 February 2013) was a New Zealand artist. He was born in Mitimiti, Northland Region, Northland and is widely regarded as one of New Zealand's most important artists. In 1994 he was award ...
, artist * Shane Jones, politician * Stacey Jones, rugby league player *
Anika Moa Anika Rose Moa (born 21 May 1980) is a New Zealand recording artist and television presenter. Her debut studio album ''Thinking Room'', was released in September 2001, which reached number one on the Official New Zealand Music Chart, New Z ...
, singer * Tina Cross, singer * Mitch Evans, racing car driver * Hinemoa Elder, youth forensic psychiatrist * Don Selwyn, actor and filmmaker * Matiu Walters, musician * Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, politician * Eru Kapa-Kingi politician and Law Teacher


References


External links


Te Aupōuri's website
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