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Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki
Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki is one of the three principal Māori people, Māori iwi of the Gisborne District, Tūranga district; the others being Rongowhakaata and Ngāi Tāmanuhiri, Ngai Tamanuhiri. It is numerically the largest of the three, with 6,258 affiliated members as of 2013. The rohe (territory) of Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki extends from the Mangatu land blocks to Hangaroa Matawai, Pātūtahi and Whataupoko near Gisborne. The boundary also includes Tuamotu Island. While majority of members are situated within the traditional tribal boundaries, there is a significant number present in the Wellington Region, Wellington, Auckland Region, Auckland and Hawke's Bay Region, Hawke's Bay regions. History The iwi is named for the ancestor Māhaki, who was a direct descendant of Mātaatua, Toroa, captain of the ''Mātaatua'' canoe, of Tamatea Arikinui, captain of the ''Tākitimu'', and Paikea. gives the first line of descent as Tamatea Arikinui - Rongokako - Tamatea Urehaea - Kahungunu - Tau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gisborne District
Gisborne District or the Gisborne Region (Māori language, Māori: ''Te Tairāwhiti'' or ''Te Tai Rāwhiti'') is a local government area of northeastern New Zealand. It is governed by Gisborne District Council, a unitary authority (with the combined powers of a districts of New Zealand, district and regions of New Zealand, regional council). It is named after its largest settlement, the list of cities in New Zealand, city of Gisborne, New Zealand, Gisborne. The region is also commonly referred to as the East Coast. The region is commonly divided into the East Cape and Poverty Bay. It is bounded by mountain ranges to the west, rugged country to the south, and faces east onto the Pacific Ocean. Government The district is governed by Gisborne District Council, which is a unitary authority#New Zealand, unitary territorial authorities of New Zealand, territorial authority, meaning that it performs the functions of a regional council as well as those of a territorial authority (a di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamatea Urehaea
Tamatea Urehaea (also known as Tamatea Pōkai-whenua and Tamatea Pōkai-moana) was a Māori people, Māori ''ariki'' (chieftain) of the Tākitimu tribal confederation and ancestor of the Ngāti Kahungunu ''iwi'' (tribe), who probably lived in the fifteenth century. He is famous as an explorer who circumnavigated both islands of New Zealand. After he was expelled from his base at Kaitaia, he settled in Hawke's Bay, but continued to explore the North Island. In Ngāti Kahungunu tradition, he is distinguished from his grandfather Tamatea Arikinui who captained the ''Tākitimu'' canoe on its journey from Hawaiki to New Zealand. Northland and Tauranga traditions say that they were the same person. Life Tamatea's father was Rongokako, himself the son of Tamatea Arikinui who captained the ''Tākitimu'' canoe on its journey from Hawaiki to New Zealand. His mother was Muriwhenua. In some versions, he is said to have been born in Hawaiki. He received his second name, Urehaea ("cut penis") ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruatoria
Ruatoria () is a town in the Waiapu Valley of the Gisborne Region in the northeastern corner of New Zealand's North Island. The town was originally known as Cross Roads then Manutahi and was later named Ruatorea in 1913, after the Māori Master female grower ''Tōrea'' who had some of the finest storage pits in her Iwi at the time (Te-Rua-a-Tōrea). In 1925 the name was altered to "Ruatoria", although some texts retain the original spelling. Ruatoria's Whakarua Park is the home of the East Coast Rugby Football Union. Demographics Statistics New Zealand describes Ruatoria as a rural settlement, which covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. It is part of the larger Ruatoria-Raukumara statistical area. Ruatoria had a population of 759 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 36 people (5.0%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 36 people (5.0%) since the 2006 census. There were 225 households, comprising ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gisborne, New Zealand
Gisborne is a List of cities in New Zealand, city in northeastern New Zealand and the largest settlement in the Gisborne District (or Gisborne Region). It has a population of Gisborne District Council has its headquarters in the central city. Etymology The Gisborne area was known in Māori as ''Tūranganui-a-Kiwa'' (the 'great standing place of Kiwa'), after Kiwa (mythology), Kiwa, who arrived on the Waka (canoe), waka ''Tākitimu'', which landed at Gisborne. The original English language name for the settlement was ''Tūranga''. It was renamed ''Gisborne'' in 1870, in honour of New Zealand Colonial Secretary (New Zealand), Colonial Secretary William Gisborne, although he had no real connection with the area,“What is Gisborne called in te reo Maori?”. ''1964''. Retrieved 9 January 2024. to avoid confusion with Taur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poverty Bay
Poverty Bay (Māori language, Māori: ''Tūranganui-a-Kiwa''), officially named Tūranganui-a-Kiwa / Poverty Bay, is the largest of several small bays on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island to the north of Hawke Bay. It stretches for from Young Nick's Head in the southwest to Tuaheni Point in the northeast. The city of Gisborne, New Zealand, Gisborne is located on the northern shore of the bay and the small settlement of Muriwai, Gisborne, Muriwai is located at the bay's southern end. The name is often used by extension to refer to the entire area surrounding the city of Gisborne. Poverty Bay is the home of the Māori people, Māori iwi (tribes) Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata and Ngai Tamanuhiri, Ngāi Tāmanuhiri. History The first European known to have set foot in New Zealand, Captain James Cook of , did so here on 7 October 1769, at which time the bay was known as Teoneroa ("the long beach"). This first landing led to the death of local Māori man Te Maro dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gisborne District Council
Gisborne District Council () is the unitary authority for the Gisborne District of New Zealand. The council consists of a mayor and 13 ward councillors. The district consists of the city of Gisborne and a largely rural region on the east coast of the North Island. Structure Gisborne District Council is a unitary territorial authority, which means that it performs the functions of a regional council as well as those of a territorial authority (a district or city). The area it governs is constituted as both the ''Gisborne District'' and the ''Gisborne Region''. The council consists of a mayor and 13 elected councillors. Nine councillors are elected from the Gisborne Ward, and one each from the four wards of Matakaoa-Waiapu, Taruheru-Patutahi, Tawhiti-Uawa and Waipaoa. Under the elected members, there is an appointed chief executive officer, 4 department managers and approximately 250 staff. The council chambers and main administration centre is in Fitzherbert Street, in the W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tama-i-uia
Tama-i-uia was a ''rangatira'' of the Te Whānau a Taupara hapū of the Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki iwi of the East Cape of New Zealand. He is said to have fixed the western and eastern borders of Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki at Puhinui and Hinatore respectively. He might have lived in the sixteenth century. Life Tama-i-uia's father Whakauika was the son of Taupara, the founding ancestor of Te Whānau a Taupara, and a direct descendant of Māhaki, the founding ancestor of Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki. His mother, Tonoa-Ki-Aua, was the daughter of Hine-te-Ariki, a descendant of ''Uri-Taniwha'', supernatural creatures that lived in deep still areas of rivers. After the marriage, Tonoa-Ki-Aua became pregnant and the local people gathered for the birth, but were deeply disappointed when the child turned out to be a girl. They named the child Pikihoro ("climbing over slips"), in reference to the difficult slips that they had climbed over in order to gather. Tono-Ki-Aua again became pregnant and the people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruapani
Ruapani was a rangatira ( chief) of the Māori in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa (the Poverty Bay-region on the East Coast of New Zealand) in the 15th and 16th century. He is said to have been the paramount chief of all the Tūranganui-a-Kiwa tribes around 1525. His influence was large, it extended into the Ruakituri Valley and the Whakapūnaki district as far as the Huiarau Range beyond Lake Waikaremoana. Whakapapa The aristocratic lines of descent from Pawa and Kiwa of the Horouta waka converged upon Ruapani and his rule was undisputed.article in TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI • SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2007); this page (in [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waipaoa River
The Waipaoa River is in the Gisborne District, in the northeast of New Zealand's North Island. It rises on the eastern slopes of the Raukūmara Range, flowing south for to reach Poverty Bay and the Pacific Ocean just south of Gisborne. For about half of this distance, its valley is followed by State Highway 2. The river has several important tributaries, among them the Wharekōpae, Waikohu, Mangatū, Te Ārai, Waingaromia and Waihora rivers. Major settlements along the banks of the river include Te Karaka, Ormond, and Pātūtahi. ''Waipaoa'' is Māori for "Pāoa's river", Pāoa being the captain of the Horouta canoe (hence "Waipaoa River" is tautological). The river has formed the fertile and highly productive Poverty Bay flats on the edge of Gisborne. The Waipaoa River Flood Control Scheme was built in the 1950s. Stopbanks are to be raised by 2031, as eroded soil, especially from the Waingaromia and Mangatū catchments, has built up the river bed, the annual flow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rakaipaaka
Rakaipaaka was a Māori ''rangatira'' (chieftain) of the Ngāti Kahungunu ''iwi'' and ancestor of the hapū In Māori language, Māori and New Zealand English, a ' ("subtribe", or "clan") functions as "the basic political unit within Māori society". A Māori person can belong to or have links to many hapū. Historically, each hapū had its own chief ... of Ngāti Rakaipaaka. He grew up in the area of modern Gisborne, New Zealand, Gisborne, but was defeated in battle by Tu-te-kohi and resettled at Moumoukai on the Nūhaka River in northern Hawke's Bay, where his descendants still live today. In his later life, he supported his nephew Tama-te-rangi in a conflict with Ngāi Tauira. Life Rakaipaaka was the son of Kahukuranui and Tū-teihonga. Through his father he was a direct descendant of Tamatea Arikinui, captain of the ''Tākitimu'' canoe. He was born at Waerengaahika (modern Hexton, New Zealand, Hexton, near Gisborne, New Zealand, Gisborne). He had one full sister, Hineman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rākei-hikuroa
Rākei-hikuroa was a ''rangatira'' (chieftain) of Ngāti Kahungunu, who may have lived in the fifteenth century. His efforts to establish his son Tūpurupuru as ''upoko ariki'' (paramount chief) of Ngāti Kahungunu led to a conflict with his brother-in-law, Kahutapere, who expelled him from the Gisborne District, Gisborne region, beginning a long-lasting conflict within Ngāti Kahungunu. After his expulsion, Rākei-hikuroa led his people south, beginning the Ngāti Kahungunu expansion into the Hawke’s Bay and Wairarapa regions. Life Rākei-hikuroa was the son of Kahukura-nui, through whom he was a descendant of Tamatea Arikinui, the captain of the ''Tākitimu'' canoe and of the early explorer Toi-te-huatahi, Toi, and of Ruatapuwahine, daughter of Ruapani, through whom he was a descendant of Pāoa (waka captain), Pawa and Kiwa (mythology), Kiwa, captain and priest of the ''Horouta''. He had one full-sister, Rongomai-tara, as well as two half-brothers, Rakaipaaka and Tamanuhiri, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
