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Tapuwae |
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Whakaki Genealogies -
A short history of some of the eponymous ancestors of Whakaki.
Whakaki Subtribes
Whakaki people regard 3 hapu or sub-tribes as belonging to Whakaki. These sub-tribes are discussed here.
Whakaki Legends
Like most small villages/places of New Zealand, Whakaki has its stories and legends that lend to its nature. Whakaki is no different. Here I relate the story of Hine o Rangi, the lovely Maori miss of this particular story has been immortalized by lending her name to our maunga/mountain.
Kirituna Korero
A monthly newsletter/panui edited and presented by Aaron "the baron" Munro, son of Pura and Wai Munro. A newsy item with a special Aaron flavour, that has a round up of the news and events of the Whakaki whanau, living here and away. A must read.
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Tapuwae was the first child of TeOkuratawhiti and the second of his wife Hinepehinga. He was looked up to as 'Upoko Ariki' - Head Lord
By birth and rank, Tapuwae was outstanding. In time of war and turbulence, he stood out among men as a humanitarian. The people accorded him deep respect and homage. By his forebearance, tact and unfailing courtesy to all men (ref; Mitchell), he won the respect not only of his people, but people from other areas who moved to live around him.
By his marriage to his two wives, he quietly strenghthened the hapu (sub tribes) of the Wairoa district. Tapuwae married Te Huki's sister TeRauhina who became known as 'Te wahine korero aio o Tapuwae' peace talking wife of Tapuwae, and TeRuataumata. He had many children with both his wives. Of his children he made his daughter TeMatakainga-i-te-tihi the highest and the greatest (Queen)
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Tapuwae and Ngati Kahungunu |
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It is told that when Omaruhakeke pa was raided by the Bay of Plenty Chief, Apanui, the wounded Kotore, grandfather of Tapuwae, taunted Apanui about his ugliness; 'Ehoa, ko te weriweri ai ka takoto ai au ki roto ki to puku'. Kotore was about to be killed and was not afraid to die, more annoyed at having to lie in the belly of such an ugly man. Apanui's response was to ask to see a better looking man. Looking along the battlefield Kotore saw his two sons, who too were about to be killed. Ara, kia pera me nga tukemata-nui o Kahungunu e arahina mai ra Kotore's words were in reference to the handsome broad faces of the descendants of Kahungunu as seen on the faces of his sons.
According to Mitchell, J.H., Tukemata-nui o Kahungunu was then applied to Tapuwae, his wife Ruataumata and their descendants, and in later generations it was made to apply to the whole of the descendants of Kahungunu as Ngati Kahungunu (ref. to 'Ngati Kahungunu proper' above) Prior to this the the Ngati Kahungunu proper was called 'Nga Tokirima a Hinemanuhiri' and later Ngati Hinemanuhiri. The section that migrated to Nuhaka and Mahia was called Ngati Rakaipaaka and those who migrated to Heretaunga were called Ngai Te Whati-apiti. (Taken from the work of Mitchell, J.H. Takitimu) |
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Whakaki and Tapuwae |
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Tapuwae=TeRuataumata
TeMatakaingaitetihi=Puruaute
TeKapuaMatotoru=TeWhewhera
TeIpu=Tiaki
The marriage of TeKapuaMatotoru and TeWhewhera was an arranged affair. It is said that he already had a family.
This liason with a 'commoner' (TeAramoana) was not pleasing to those in authority, so this line was ended, and he and TeWhewhera were united.This union, it is also said, 'was the royal seed-bed of aristocratic bloodlines'. |
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TeHuki |
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Te Huki (b.abt 1662), a celebrated ancestor of Ngati Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa, descended in an unblemished line from our ancestor Kahungunu.
A man before his time,
TeHuki developed a network any modern day marketer would envy. With diplomacy, skill, dedication, hard work and by intermarrying himself, and his sons and daughters into influential families, from Turanganui to Heretaunga, Te Huki built what is known today as 'Te Kupenga a Te Huki'. Furthermore, rather than taking his wives to live with him or settling down with one, he left them and his children in their areas and visited each in turn. This strategy allowed his network to remain fluid. An olden day model of today's networking strategy.
Thus the story begins
His first wife was Te Rangi-tohumare, grandaughter of Te Whatuiapiti, eponymous ancestor of the Ngai Te Whatuiapiti tribe of Heretaunga. Next he married Te Ropuhina, daughter of a chief of Nuhaka, and finally Rewanga who was the daughter of Te Aringa-i-waho, chief of Titirangi at Gisborne.
With Te Rangi-tohumare his first son was Purua-aute who settled in the Wairoa district and married the beautiful and queenly daughter of the chief Tapuwae, Te Mata-kainga-ite-tihi, ('a face to be gazed upon from the highest pinnacle') (Takitimu - Mitchell') . Purua-aute became the centre float of the spreading net of Te Huki, and from Purua-aute descended many of the chiefs of Te Wairoa and Heretaunga, including our own Te Ipu.
The second son of Te Huki and Te Rangi-tohumare was Mataitai who was placed at Mahia and from whom descended Chief Ihaka Whaanga and others.
The next was a daughter. Hine-raru, whom Te Huki took to Porangahau to marry Hopara. From this union came the grandson Ngarangi-whakaupoko who became at Te Poroporo near Porangahau, the post at the southern end of Te Huki's Net. From the southern post sprang many chiefs, among them Tipene Matua, Henare Te Atua, Te Ropiha and Te Kuru.
With Te Ropuhina at Nuhaka Te Huki had three sons. They were Te Ra-ka-to who lived at Mahia and became the eponymous ancestor of the Ngai Te Ra-ka-to tribe, Tureia who lived at Nuhaka, and Te Rehu also of Nuhaka and who became the eponymous ancestor of Ngai Te Rehu tribe.
At Turanganui, Te Huki and Rewanga had a daughter named Te Umu-papa who married Marukawiti, son of Kanohi. From this union came Ngawhaka-tatare who was the eastern post of Te Huki's Net. From Nawhaka-tatare descended the famous chief Te Kani-a-takirau and others.
Te Huki forged a network which today still unites the people. He created this across three generations.
The writer acknowledges the work of 'Mitchell' in his book 'Takitimu'. Some quotes taken directly from this work.
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TeIpu |
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It is said that wherever the children of
TeKapuaMatotoru and
TeWhewhera were placed 'on the East Coast, they became paramount chiefs'.
Ref; Takitimu, Mitchell
TeHuki is a celebrated ancestor of the Wairoa Maori, second only to Tapuwae. The following whakapapa (genealogy) shows the pedigree of TeIpu, the ancestor of the Whakaki hapu Ngati TeIpu or Ngai TeIpu.
TeIpu is a descendant of both Tapuwae and TeHuki.
TeIpu lived in many places as did Maori of that time, boundaries having been prepared for them by their ancestors or themselves. As I have already stated, Whakaki was one of TeIpu's homes, but another was Pipapoko.
According to my great grandfather,
Watene Hook,
Ngati Hine (just a thought but a compelling one, was this just a familiar term or were Hine and Hinepua the same.) was the hapu under Ngai TeIpu.
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Origins of Ngai TeIpu or Ngati TeIpu |
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The following pedigree chart shows this relationship and the pedigree of TeIpu, from whence Ngai TeIpu is derived.
TamaTeKutai = Rongomaiwahine = Kahungunu Hinerau
Tauheikuri
TeAhiWhakamauroa = Tawhiwhi
Hinepua=TamaKonohi
TamaTeAhirau=Tutekanao
Tureia=Hinekimihanga
Tapuwae=Ruataumata TeHuki=TeRangitohumare
Tapuwae=TeRauhina
TeMatakaingaitetihi =
Puruaute TeRangituanui=RatuaiteRangi
TeKapuamatotoru = TeWhewhera
TeIpu=Tiaki
Ngati /Ngai
TeIpu of Whakaki
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