Te Rarawa is a
Māori iwi of
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New Zealand. The iwi is one of five
Muriwhenua iwi of the far north of the North Island.
Rūnanga and marae
Te Rarawa has 23 foundation marae:
*Korou Kore Marae, ''
Ahipara
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'', represents the hapū of Ngāti Moroki.
*Mātihetihe Marae, ''
Mitimiti'', represents the hapū of Te Tao Māui and Te Hokokeha.
*Morehu Marae, Ōhaki Marae and Taiao Marae, ''Whāngāpe Harbour'', represent the hapū of Te Uri o Tai.
*Motutī Marae, ''Hokianga Harbour'', represents the hapū of Ngāti Te Maara, Te Kaitutae, Ngāī Tamatea, Te Waiariki, and Ngāti Muri Kāhara.
*Ngāti Manawa Marae, ''
Panguru
Panguru is a community in the northern Hokianga harbour, in Northland, New Zealand. The Whakarapa Stream flows from the Panguru Range in the Warawara Forest to the west, through Panguru and into the Hokianga.
Demographics
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'', represents the hapū of Ngāti Manawa, Waiāriki and Te Kaitutae.
*Ōwhata Marae, ''Ōwhata Harbour'', represents the hapū of Ngāti Torotoroa, Tahukai and Te Popoto.
*Ngāi Tūpoto Marae, ''Motukaraka'', represents the hapū of Ngāi Tūpoto and Ngāti Here.
*Rangikohu Marae , ''Ōwhata Harbour'', represents the hapū of Ngāti Kuri rāua ko Ngāti Wairupe and Te Aupōuri.
*Roma Marae, ''Ahipara'', represents the hapū of Ngāti Waiora, Ngāti Pākahi, Te Patukirikiri, and Parewhero.
*Tauteihiihi Marae and Pikipāria Marae, ''
Kohukohu'', and Pāteoro Marae, ''Te Karae'', represent the hapū of Ihutai.
*Te Arohanui Marae, ''Mangataipa'', represents Kohatutaka.
*Te Kotahitanga Marae, ''Whāngāpe Harbour'', represents the hapū of Ngāti Haua.
*Te Uri o Hina Marae and Te Rarawa Marae, ''
Pukepoto'', represent the hapū of Ngāti Te Ao, Tahāwai, and Te Uri o Hina.
*Waihou Marae, ''Hokianga Harbour'', represents the hapū of Ngāti Te Reinga.
*Wainui Marae, ''Ahipara'', represents the hapū of Ngāti Moetonga and Te Rokekā.
*Waiparera Marae, ''Rangi Point'', represents the hapū of Patutoka.
*Waipuna Marae, ''Panguru'', represents the hapū of Te Kaitutae and Waiāriki.
*Whakamaharatanga Marae, ''Manukau district'', represents the hapū of Ngāti Hine and Patupīnaki.
Each marae elects a representative who acts on their behalf on the Rūnanga. The main role of the Rūnanga is to receive, hold, manage, and administer funds for the benefit of all iwi members, to ensure communication between all marae and the Rūnanga, and to hold the CEO accountable
Media
Te Reo Irirangi o Te Hiku o Te Ika, an iwi radio station, serves Te Rarawa and other Muriwhenua tribes of the Far North. It broadcasts a main station on , an
urban contemporary station Sunshine FM on and a youth-oriented station Tai FM.
Notable people
*
Hector Busby, navigator and ''
waka'' (canoe or ship) builder
* Dame
Whina Cooper, woman of mana, ''
kuia'', teacher, storekeeper and community leader
*Dr Jenny Te Paa Daniel, public theologian and the first lay woman appointed to head an Anglican theological college in the Anglican Communion
*
Makarena Dudley
Makarena Diana Dudley, also known as Margaret Dudley, is a New Zealand clinical psychologist, neuropsychologist and academic, specialising in neuropsychology, dementia and Māori health psychology research. She is currently one of the co-directo ...
, psychologist, lecturer at the
University of Auckland and dementia researcher
*
Ralph Hotere, artist from Mitimiti
*
Josh Ioane, rugby player for
The All Blacks, and
Highlanders
*
Māmari Stephens, Senior Lecturer at the
Victoria University of Wellington, compiled the first Māori legal dictionary
*
Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia, Māori suffragist
*
Anaru Iehu Ngawaka
Anaru Iehu Ngawaka (1872–1964) was a New Zealand Te Rarawa leader and Anglican
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, leader and Anglican clergyman
*
Ngahuia Piripi, television and film actress
* Dr
Papaarangi Mary-Jane Reid
Papaarangi Mary-Jane Reid (born 1954) is a New Zealand public health academic and, , is a full professor at the University of Auckland.
Academic career
After medical degrees at the University of Auckland, Reid joined, rising to full professor. ...
, Professor and Head of Department of Maori Health at the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at the
University of Auckland
* Haimona "Simon" Snowden, respected
kaumātua
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, orator and ''waiata'' composer
*
Ngāwini Yates
Ngāwini Yates (1852–1853 – 19 July 1910) was a part-Māori New Zealander, who was a storekeeper, farmer and businesswoman in the Northland Peninsula, far north of New Zealand in the later part of the 19th century.
Early life
Ngāwini Yat ...
, a storekeeper, businesswoman and farmer in the later part of the 19th century
References
External links
Te Rarawa website
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Iwi and hapū