Thus, the Ngti Te Ata claim to mana in Tmaki Makaurau is indisputable. Unknown date (1920-1929). One finds that what might be termed narrative traditions will more often than not conform to conditions imposed by analysis of genealogies, but it is becoming increasingly difficult to tell what narratives are genuinely authentic. When a genealogy cannot be made to fit without entirely upsetting many others, it is generally found on close analysis to be condemned by internal evidence. This, however, puts the problem in the most favourable light. Mori gain a deep understanding of who and where we come from through whakapapa. Today Ngti Te Ata Waihua still exercises mana and kaitiakitanga in the aforementioned Ngti Kahukoka rohe from the entrance of Te Manukanuka o Hoturoa to the mouth of the Waikato. This paper is based on material which formed an essential part of - 46 the investigation of the tribal history of the Te Awamutu district. Ngati-Paiariki lived on the slopes of Pirongia Mountain in the Mangati district adjacent to Ngati-Horotakere. Another difficulty has been encountered by Mr. Batley in a similar study of the tribal history of the inland Patea district. Ngati Wairere and Ngati Haua have connections too, and we certainly recognise this, and further research on our part is required, to establish a legitimate account. The Musket Wars were fought on a scale of destruction that these motu had never seen before, and no Tmaki rp was spared devastation. Potatau Te Wherowhero, first leader of Te Kngitanga and descendant of Tapaue. The expense of the labour of the mill-wright alone was eighty pounds, which amount they paid with an ox and pigs; a large sum for so poor a people. Western genealogy does not recognise the intrinsic connection between tangata whenua and te taiao. NGATI RAKAIATANE / NGATI ONEONE HAPU O TE AITANGA-A-HAUITI - Issuu It is reproduced here with kind permission from Lyn Tairi. They aimed to protect Tmaki from Ngpuhi. Be that as it may, I am now definite that a mistake has crept in thereabouts, either unwittingly or perhaps by someone's design. Roughly three centuries ago, Ngti Te Ata founded a primary marae at Te Pae o Kaiwaka, known later as Waiuku. Kti Mmoe - Wikipedia Mori gain a deep understanding of who and where we come from through whakapapa. Te Ata i Rehia had a Waikato husband called Tapaue, . They are the principle iwi of the Aotea Harbour iwi, with close ties and connections with Ngati Reko, Ngati Mahuta, Ngati Whawhakia], Ngati Patupo, Ngati Te Uru and Ngati Mahanga. Hne Waitere, sons born to Marutehiakina II. Through reading the roots of the Ngti Te Ata whakapapa tree, from its ancient source through mai r an (the pre-Pkeh time) to the mid-19th-century, we can understand the Ngti Te Ata claim to mana in Tmaki. [10], Te Wehi's great grandson Rangitaupopoki of Ngati Paiaka/Ngapuhi and his Ngti Maniapoto princess had 2 warrior sons, Te Moke and a Tutemahurangi, whose sons Pita Mahu Waikato and Te Aotroa Hne Waitere who were in their 20s at the time, would have helped their dad and uncle Te Moke with the battles against Te Rauparaha as he killed Te Uira and a battle to fight for a Ngti Te Wehi chief Te Aomrama at Makomako, Aotea harbour. Consider the following table of descendants of Rereahu:. Surely traditions become myths or legends only when the system of recording breaks down, or is too primitive to keep a consistent record, and through changes in the telling, facts become subservient to drama. On 29 January 1844 Gideon Smales landed at Raoraokauere on the northern side of the Aotea Harbour and proceeded to build his mission which he called BEECHAMDALE. Large tracts of confiscated land owned by other Ngti Te Wehi descendants are still to be addressed with the crown as the Great Te Wehi coveted more land with the killing of Toa-angiangi[24] and added it to his huge holding. Representatives of Ngti Te Ata, including principal rangatira Te Katipa, were present at a large hui at Ihumtao in May 1857 where the Kngitanga was discussed, . Linking our kura, ad students to the mana whenua of their school. Ko Tainui te waka na maihi, taka mai ki Te Wairere Ki Horohoro. =Tawhao=, Punuiatekore=, =Marutehiakina, Turongo, Whatihua=Ruaputahanga, =Uenukutuwhatu=, Te Kura=Uenukuterangihoka=, Uetapu, Raukawa, Rangitairi=, Tamaaio, Rereahu, Tuatangiroa=Pakurarangi, Pakurarangi, Rangianewa, Hotunui, Waitawake=Tutarawa, Hineaupounamu, Mapau=Huiao=Waengarangi, Maniapoto, Tuirirangi, Paiariki, Te Ariari, Uetarangore, Family tree. The Pkeh had undoubtedly come. Rangitaupopoki married two Ngti Maniapoto descendants named Parehikitanga & Waimahanga who were sisters. They chat with a new interest and vigor around the machinery, whilst the water dashes and foams beneath their feet. The first Poukai was held at Raoraokauere then in the early 1800s by Motakotako Marae Te Ohaaki Mahuta which was given to Makomako Te Tihi Moerangi but at that time Makomako, Te Tihi Moerangi was called Kaokao in 1896 and finally placed the Poukai with Okapu Marae in 1897 making the Poukai at Okapu Marae 119 years old. Ko Taupiri te maunga Source: Commissioned Drawing Three. Uenukutapu (Uetapu) is more generally known as Uenukuwhangai. Then Maramatutahi was the oldest child of Wairere's third consecutive wife, and was actually Wairere's sixth child. Through the intermixing of Tmakis earliest inhabitants and people from the some of the significant migratory waka, like Tainui, came the Ngti Poutkeka people. The sky is the roof The earth is the floor The rear post stands at Pikit The central post stands at Ngtira The front post stands at Trukenga, at Te Ngkau The front barge boards fall toward Te Wairere and Horohoro. Note that he died in Awhitu. Although whakapapa is often translated as genealogy, this is an oversimplification of a complex concept. The tangata whenua of this land is Ngati Rakaiatane ofTe Aitanga A Hauiti, Iwi. Trade opportunities also came to Ngti Te Ata at Waiuku. , highlighting the connection between Ngti Te Ata and Waikato. According to Waharoa Te Puke, the last paramount chief of Ngaati Wairere in the 1950s, Wairere was the peace child between his warring grandfathers, his birth marking the renaming of the river from the ancient name of Te Awanui O Taikehu to Waikato in commemoration of his baptism performed in the river. Ko Piipiiwharauroa, Before rejecting a genealogy out of hand, physiological limits should be stretched to the extent of possibility, bearing in mind that the necessity for extreme limits more than once in the same problem must be considered as straining probability. Signed Treaty on 15 June 1840, witnessed by John Whiteley. Maungawhau in its impressive grandeur as seen in the 1920s. Unlike genealogy, whakapapa is not fixed which allows for connections to seemingly distant people and places. We krero around the whakapapa, and find out some interesting facts about Hamilton place names along the way. Ngti Te Wehi is a Mori iwi (tribe) based in Kawhia on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island.[1][2]. Below is a widely accepted Waikato genealogy which has proved incompatible. Full article: What whakapapa means to hap-based Mori researchers Considering that Ngamuriwai married Tuihu, and Waikauhoe married Tutengangana, the two brothers of the Apakura line, it dawned on me that there were either two Takupus or two Tuteiwis, which could account for the confusion. For tangata whenua, understanding whakapapa gives an individual or group the key to the door to enact the mana of their tpuna and collective. Various wives have been attributed to Tuteiwi:. Determined to solve the question I immediately got into touch with persons who possess sufficient knowledge of, or who possess books of whakapapa. At one point, the Ngati Huarere were also described as having a fifth (minor?) Te Wehi would not agree, & Kawharu, not wishing to be further involved, collected his people & moved to the shores of Aotea harbour & occupied Raorao-kauere & Manuaiti Pa, while Te Wehi went to live at Matakowhai and the Ngti Toa-Rangatira retained Motu Ngaio Pa until the 1820s before migrating south with Te Rauparaha & Ngti Koata. Ko te manu e kai ana i te miro noona te ngahere, Ko te manu e kai ana i te maatauranga, noona te ao. Roughly three centuries ago, Ngti Te Ata founded a primary marae at Te Pae o Kaiwaka, known later as Waiuku. Auckland. With protection secured, displaced Tmaki tangata whenua then returned to their turangawaewae. Tuteiwi=Pahoro, Takupu, Ngamuriwai, Waikauhoe, Umuroa, Kiringaua, Paretahuri, Mahuta=Kiringaua, =Paoa=, Horotakere=Karewa=Huapiri=Uerata=Tamirangi, =Mahuripounamu, Te Tikiorereata, Huakatoa, Rangapu, Puakirangi=, Koura, Hinemata, Hikamoeawa, Ngaere, Rangihoto, Wharetipete, Hourua, Tapaue, Ngauru=Uetawhiti, Pareuetawhiti=Te Putu, Huiarangi=Hikaurua, Huiarangi=Te Kiriwai, =Tirapurua, Te Haunga=Tawhia, Kopa, Te Kaahurangi=Tuata, Whakamarurangi=Te Rarangi, Te Rauangaanga, Te Weu, Te Wherowhero, Family tree. Upon returning to Tmaki, Ngti Te Ata signed He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni. Description: Contains a whakapapa chart of Ngati Uenuku, Ngati Hineuru and Ngati Tahinga and also reveals which descendants were 'rebels' during the New Zealand Wars. If this version is correct, she is much too young to be the ancestress of Ngati-Matakore lines. Te Aotroa Hne Waitere married Pirihira (Ngti Te Wehi/Koura) and raised their daughter Meri and 2 sons Te Moke II and Ngatokorua Hone Waitere (b.1842) at Aotea Harbor. Te Ihingarangi - Cambridge Museum Ngti Koata - Wikipedia Achieving this by securing back a sacred dog skin war cloak or Kahu Kuri[3] (dog-skin korowai were the most prestigious of Maori cloaks) also a war club or pounamu mere,[4] items that no other local chief could obtain but by the mana(prestige) of his father Pakaue, who got killed for them anyway by Tautini-moko (the son of Tuahu-mhina, the local Kawhia Chief) who was jealous as he was refused the High Chiefly and sacred items. 1 September 29th - 100 Thieves sign Cryocells and bench Will. Whatihua=Ruaputahanga, Uenukuwhangai=Matiti, Kotare, Tamapango, Koperu=Moanawaiwai, Kauwhata, Tukohere=Ngaparetaihinu, Tamure=Tuwaiwai, Wehiwehi, Ihuwera=, Tuwhakarara, Whakamaungarangi=Kurii, =Hinemapuhia, Hinemapuhia, Tutete=, Hounuku, =Tutanumia, Rauti=Tamaihuhongonoa, Hinetore=Huitao, Tikitiki, Koroki, Hae=, Parekarewa, =Parekarewa, Ngako, Hape, Haua, =Taikiterangi, =Kahoki, Werewere, Pukauae=, =Hikairo, Urumawake=, Parehiawe=, =Hourua, Paoro, Paeahi, Te Oro, Te Ahooterangi, Te Moko, Parepaoro=Purangataua, Te Mihinga, Rangimahora, Hikairo, Tangimoana, Te Waharoa, Wiremu Tamihana, Pukauae=, =Hourua, Te Umukiwhakatane=(1) Parengaope (2)=Te Ahooterangi, Te Moko=Tumu, Puku=, =Te Mihinga, Whakamarurangi, Rangimahora, Muriwhenua, Hikairo, Irohanga, Te Riunui, Maungatautari, Whakamarurangi, Te Weu, Family tree. Tirimata was given the Chieftess title after the death of her father Mohi Karuwhero a great grandchild of Tahuariki and Tokoreko. Through its earliest Tmaki whakapapa, Te Waihua was fundamentally a branch of Ng Iwi/Ng Oho. Friday Aug 16, 2019. Ngti Twharetoa - Wikipedia Two sons of Poutkeka II, Whatuturoto and Whaorakiterangi, greatly increased the Ngti Poutkeka rohe, and concurrently mana, in the Tmaki region. Consequently, our whakapapa deeply connects us not only to Tmaki Makaurau but to the Waikato and her people. Davis, Maatapuna, Nov.-Dec., 1953Parepahoro. Ngti Wairere - Wikipedia Ngati-Huarere and Ngati-Hako met them in battle at Te Rae-o-te-kowhai, south of Coromandel (between Manaia - 39 and Waikawau, also called Te Motu-kowhai=clump of Kowhai trees). Ko Werewere te tekoteko Ngti Wairere - Senior High Space Names/Meanings - Quizlet L. G. Kelly shows Hotunui as a son of Uenukutuwhatu, but the above is supported by a well known tradition. The Waikato-Manukau Treaty of Waitangi sheet (minus the signatories) signed by members of Ngti Te Ata. (Ngati Paoa, Ngati Maru). Te Wehi's mum Koata according to Tainui is of the Ngti Mahanga, Ngti Mahuta & Ngti Mango people. Nor does genealogy explain the mana associated with understanding who and where you are from. Mhanga. Therefore, Ngti Te Wehi is connected to & supports The King movement Te Kingitanga,[28] as one of Ngti Te Wehi Marae 'Okapu Marae Te Kotahitanga Ngti Te Wehi' are part of the 29 Marae who hold an Annual General Poukai, 14 March of every year. Whakapapa is about people, it is a link to tpuna, to heritage, to identity. He was a direct descendant of Tamatekapua through his father Uenukukpako. The year 1844 saw Ngti Te Ata battle our neighbour Ngti Tamaoho at Taurangaruru west of Waiuku, . Tumainupoo was the son of Kookako a chief from Mataatua waka and Whaeatapoko of Tainui waka. Figure 16 - Whakapapa of Muriwhenua 14. . The Aotea Moana iwi all consider Mt Karioi and her Husband Krewa / Gannet Island to be sacred. Tradition says that Ruateatea, younger brother of Tukotuku, was a grandfather before Tukotuku married Tamainupo (T. T. Wetere). Some later arrivals in Tmaki came from the Tainui waka, led by Poutkeka son of the wakas leader Hoturoa. Although at the time Ngti Te Ata did not anoint Te Wherowhero as kingi, we still supported our whanaunga, for example, when we acted as a guard of honour for him on June 3rd 1858. Ngatokorua Hone Waitere is shown in this picture[26] taken Feb 1934 at 92 years old with his son Wiri Toko Waitere & grandsons (waka carver)Tutemahurangi(Ned) & Hone Joe Waitere.[27]. By 1840 here were now 3 Wesleyan Missions in the area, Waiharakeke the site of the first Wesleyan Mission Station established by John Whiteley in April 1835. The domain of his brother, Whatuturoto, was the Tmaki isthmus, and it extended south until hitting his brothers rohe. Tapaue was of Ngti Mahuta. Hne Waitere is then remembered living at Te Pahi where their children were born in the late 1830s and 1842, they all lived in peace at their dads residences and his burial place Te Pahi, Aotea Harbour. Later most of the descendants headed to Waitetuna district as part of the conquested lands claimed by Te Wehi with the overthrow of the giant tyrant Toa-angiangi, these lands that the fastest runner in Aotearoa claimed were from Pukekohe to Otorohanga and the West Coast, so these Children of Te Wehi and Mariu are of importance as they are founders of many iwi and hapu today. hapu, the Ngati Hinu, somewhere along the west coast. Representatives of Ngti Te Ata, including principal rangatira Te Katipa, were present at a large hui at Ihumtao in May 1857 where the Kngitanga was discussed. If the husband of Pahoro is assumed to be a different and earlier man, and the families are separated, all the difficulties disappear. This Ngti Kahukoka rohe included the Awhitu peninsula. Ngaati Wairere - Te Pae here #2. Source: New Zealand Graphic. An extension of the above genealogy appears thus:. Shortland sent it to Captain William Symonds on 13 March 1840 to gather signatures from chiefs around and to the south of the Manukau Harbour. Change of place names that 'caused anguish' for iwi Mori welcomed by Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Created by. Enumerable are the advantages resulting from the progress of Christianity here, as in other parts. This adds a further 16 years to the period, making 160 years. Until displacement by Ngti Whatua in the eighteenth century, Te Waihua led an economic union in Tmaki that controlled regional trade and cultivations. This whakapapa (genealogical chart) shows the descent line of the Ngti Toa ancestor Toarangatira, from Hoturoa, the commander of the Tainui canoe. 1835 saw Te Wherowhero lead a group of musket-wielding Ngti Mahuta and Ngti Apakura to settle on the northern Awhitu peninsula. [12] According to the 1874 census, Ngati Te Wehi were registered as an iwi. Volume 65 1956 > Volume 65, No. There are 5 buildings on the marae complex: Wairere was the son of Tamainupoo and Tukotuku. For example, the first Mori King, Potatau Te Wherowhero of Ngti Mahuta from the lower Waikato, is a mokopuna (descendant) of Tapaue, The early 1820s saw Tmaki become a battlefield as waves of Ngpuhi taua (war parties) devastated the local p and people. (Te Waitere)[16] Kawhia, Raglan 1839 and now Te Kopua 1840 but not one with the Ngti Te Wehi at Aotea Harbor. Tukotuku was the daughter of Mahanga a descendant of Hoturoa, captain of the Tainui waka. The Ngti Te Ata understanding was that by signing the Treaty, the groups rangatiratanga and mana was being affirmed and acknowledged by the Crown, . Paratai, Mahanga, Wharewaiata, Tukotuku, Wairere, Paretahuri, Maramatutahi, Tuteiwi, Waiharapepe, Takupu, Ngamuriwai, Waikauhoe, Kiringaua, Mahuta, Huapiri, Te Tikiorereata, Atutahi, Puakirangi . Gideon Smales was appointed to replace Rev Turton. This would give the Waikato tribes an undisputed seniority over the tribes who claim descent from the junior members of the respective families mentioned. The beginnings of both Ngti Poutkeka and Ngti Te Ata were unions between descendants of the Tainui waka and early Tmaki peoples, meaning that Ngti Te Ata has a dual whakapapa. Te Wehi has been known to have had 3 wives, but his principle wife was Mariu who bore Te Hauwhangairua, Te Paipai, Tokoreko, Paiaka, Te Whakamaui, Hineketu and Te Rangitauwawaro. The mana of Ngti Waewae: Gaining representation for Mori (3) The physiological limit for a woman to bear children is 50 years. Tradition often provides a guide. Nineteenth century Ngti Te Ata history up until the 1860s. Huatau was part of the Ngti Kahukoka hap of Ngti Poutkeka, . 1 > Genealogies as a basis for Maori chronology, by J. Originally from the Hastings area, they moved in the 16th century to the South Island which at the time was already occupied by the Waitaha . Ngti Kahu - Wikipedia About Our Iwi - Raukawa Settlement Trust Collecting resources, like fish, is an exercise of mana within an area. In the first there are six intervals; therefore the period from the birth of Rereahu to the birth of Rora must be at least 120 years. Figure 17 - Muriwhenua's Pa & Cultivations 15 . For example, the first Mori King, Potatau Te Wherowhero of Ngti Mahuta from the lower Waikato, is a mokopuna (descendant) of Tapaue. The few who are studying tribal history at the present time quite obviously find no reason to doubt the reality of the tradition, but a common difficulty is a suitable chronological basis for study. It is possible, though questionable, that reasonable accuracy might be obtained from one or two lines of very great length, such as those going back to the demigods and gods. Most employees work for its commercial arm, Arahura Holdings, of which Tumahai is chief executive. Older brother Kawharu now satisfied with the revenge he had obtained, desired to make peace with the survivors. But the Tmaki that was returned to was one of great change. So a farm & school had been established growing wheat "In 1844, they reaped throughout the Circuit not more than twenty acres of wheatin 1845, about eightyin 1846, one hundred and fiftyand this year they will reap about two hundred acres of wheat besides a small patch of oats, and another of barley. Ngti Poutkeka fortified Te Pane Mataaho (Mangere maunga), cultivated the surrounding whenua and built kainga (settlements) adjacent to the maunga, . =(1) Rereahu (2)=, Rangianewa=, =(1) Te Ihingarangi (2)=, =Hineaupounamu, Uehaeroa, =(3) Maniapoto, =(2) Maniapoto, Kurii, Maniapoto, Waerenga, Ueterangore=, Hinemapuhia, =(1) Hinewhatihua (2)=, Rauti, =Paparauwhare, Tutakamoana, Koroki, Rora, Family tree. It will be understood that the exact positions here of the individuals have been dictated by reference to numerous others not in this table. Now Toa-Rangatira(Ngti Mango) is an uncle to Te Wehi as he married Pakaue's sister Mananaki. Raka, Houmea, Whatihua=Apakura, Matuaaiwi, Marumahanga, Rakamahanga, Tokohei, Pikirangi, Raka (II), Raeroa, Tuihu=Ngamuriwai, Tutengangana=Waikauhoe, Pahoro, Takupu, Ngamuriwai, Waikauhoe, Parewaru, Kiringaua=Mahuta, Family ree. Soon after with the Ngti Mahanga & Ngti Maniapoto Te Moke rounded up 5000 with Ptatau Te Wherowhero of Ngti Mahuta plus the Ngti Hourua and together the Ngti Koata(Aotea) and Ngti Toa of Kawhia harbour were cleared out and everlasting peace ensued and all the tangata whenua(people of the land) worked their lands and sold their produce to Auckland pakeha until 1863 when the government wanted the fertile Waikato Basin for themselves so the battles against the British army started.[11]. Ko Waikato te iwi In March of 1822, a Ngpuhi taua, including the infamous Hongi Hika, attacked the Awhitu peninsula and was defeated by Ngti Te Ata on the Waiuku Awa . Rice Ltd, Hamilton Soft Covers, First Edition - Archway Books", "War in Waikato - War in Waikato - NZHistory, New Zealand history online", "Manukau-Kwhia treaty copy - NZHistory, New Zealand history online", "Te Kopua Block (Wesleyan Mission Station), Waipa District - NZETC", "Wharauroa Block, Whaingaroa District - NZETC", "P and pits on old dune country near Aotea Harbour - NZETC", http://www.methodist.org.nz/files/docs/waikato%20waiariki/kawhia%20pilgrimage.pdf, "The Provision of Education Services to Maori in Te Rohe Potae, 1840-2010", "NEWS FROM COUNTRY DISTRICTS. Many were traders of some sort. Wellington. as shown above here). Hence the look of huka (snow) that covered an extensive area. In August 1855, Charles Abraham noted that Waiuku was a particularly bustling place of trade in Tmaki, It seems that through these trade interactions, Ngti Te Ata developed a positive, mutually beneficial early relationship with the Crown.