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Tuhoromatakakā
Tuhoromatakakā was a Māori people, Māori rangatira (chief) in the Te Arawa confederation of tribes, who was based at Maketu in the Bay of Plenty and then at Mount Moehau at the tip of the Coromandel Peninsula. He probably lived in the second half of the fourteenth century. Life Tuhoromatakakā was born in Hawaiki as the eldest son of Tama-te-kapua. He had a younger brother, Kahumatamomoe. Both sons accompanied their father when he captained the ''Arawa (canoe), Arawa'' canoe on its journey to New Zealand and settled with him at Maketu in the Bay of Plenty. There Tuhoromatakakā and Kahumatamomoe lived together in the house of Whitingakongako at the pā (fortified village) of Te Koari. Tuhoromatakakā attacked Kahumatamomoe, while the latter was working in his garden, Parawai. They fought and Kahumatamomoe won, but the people forced him to release Tuhoromatakakā because of his seniority. Kahumatamomoe threatened to kill his brother and Tuhoromatakakā attacked him again, ripping ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Īhenga
Īhenga was an early Māori people, Māori explorer and rangatira of Te Arawa. After burying his father at Moehau, he travelled to Maketu to be purified by his uncle Kahumatamomoe, whose daughter he married. He explored the North Island and named many places, including Lake Rotoiti (Bay of Plenty), Lakes Rotoiti and Lake Rotorua, Rotorua. He tricked the existing residents out of their land and settled at Ngonogtaha. Later, he and Kahumamatamomoe travelled to Kaipara Harbour, Kaipara together. He might have lived in the early fifteenth century. Life Īhenga was the youngest son of Tuhoromatakakā and Uenuku-whakarorongarangi. He had three elder brothers: Taramainuku, who ultimately settled at Kaipara Harbour, Kaipara, Warenga, who settled at Kawakawa, New Zealand, Kawakawa in the Bay of Islands, and Huarere, who remained at Moehau. Through his father, he was a grandson of Tama-te-kapua, the captain of the ''Arawa (canoe), Arawa'' canoe, which brought Te Arawa from Hawaiki to New Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
