"Te Manurewa
o Tamapahore"
Whakapapa
Hua kaiwaka (T) - Maungawhau (Mt Eden)
Huatau (T) - Matukutureia
Te Ata i Rehia (W) / Ngati Te Ata / Ruakaiwhare
Huarangi (T) = Takawai (W) / Ngai Tahuhu Huarangi (T) = Kohe (W) / Ngati Paoa
Tamapahure (T) - Matukutureia Tamapahore (T) - Matukutururu
Puhi nui te awa
Te Manukanuka o Hoturoa te moana
Kaiwhare raua ko Taramainuku nga kaitiaki
Tribes of Tamakimakaurau
Manurewa Story
Manurewa Marae Story of Manurewa
Matuku - Bittern Bird of Manurewa
There have been many tribes that have come and gone through out the centuries around the Manukau region. We are looking at a historical period between 1700 - 1900 during the time of the Te Wai o Hua tribe.
Hua kai waka was the reigning chief who lived with his people Te Wai o Hua on the mountain called Maungawhau. He had a son called Huatau who eventually moved south to the mountains of Matukutureia and Matukutururu.
For some tribes these two mountains are called Nga Matukurua collectively. For others, these are two maunga and one puke or small hill. Matukutureia been the senior mountain and Matukutururu been the junior. The puke was referred to as Matukurua.
Matukutureia is often described as the alert bittern. The bittern or Matuku is a swamp bird, which once lived in these parts. The junior mountain Matukutururu is referred to as the sleepy bittern.
It should be known that these mountains have been quarried with Matukutururu no longer standing majestically as it once did. The rock from these mountains have been used as materials in the roads and motorways of Auckland.
Huatau had two children. Their names are Huarangi, who would later be called (Te Rangi haahautu) and Te ata i Rehia a female puhi of very high status. She was born on Matukutureia and from her the hapu - Ngati Te Ata derive their name.
Huarangi had two sons to two different women. His first wife is called Takawai of Ngai Tahuhu. Their child is called Tamapahure.
When his first wife passed away, Huarangi had another wife called Kohe of Ngati Paoa. Their second child is called Tamapahore.
The home people of Matukureia became angry with Kohe when pregnant with Tamapahore because she would not share her preserved pigeons with everyone. Later, Huarangi took her to live at Matukutururu.
They later had another child, a girl called Hine a whea and other children.
When Huarangi passed away, Tamapahure became the chief of Matukutureia and Tamapahore became chief of Matukutururu.
Hine a whea reached the age where she would need the tattoo instruments of Matukutureia to fulfill her tribal rites. The home people of Matukutureia refused. Kohe felt insulted and cursed them before leaving for Piako
One day the men of Matukurua were kite-flying and Tamapahore's ascended the highest so Tamapahure caused his cord to foul that of his brother and break it, so that the kite drifted toward Hauraki. Hence the place name, in its full form, Te Manu rewa o Tamapahore (the drifted-away kite of Tamapahore).
This was a valued kite, so off Tamapahore went with his family to where his kite had drifted. At last he was guided to Pukekotaretare, near Mercury Bay, and there was found the kite. Hence the name of that district. Whenuakite, from Te Whenua I Kitea te Manu o Tamapahore (the land where was found the kite of Tamapahore). For a time he settled here and took to wife a woman of the Ngati Hoi, but later he and his family joined his mother's people at Piaki. There, his descendents are still known as Nga Manu Aute (the kite people).
Hua kaiwaka (T) - Maungawhau (Mt Eden)
Huatau (T) - Matukutureia
Te Ata i Rehia (W) / Ngati Te Ata / Ruakaiwhare
Huarangi (T) = Takawai (W) / Ngai Tahuhu Huarangi (T) = Kohe (W) / Ngati Paoa
Tamapahure (T) - Matukutureia Tamapahore (T) - Matukutururu
Puhi nui te awa
Te Manukanuka o Hoturoa te moana
Kaiwhare raua ko Taramainuku nga kaitiaki
Tribes of Tamakimakaurau
Manurewa Story
Manurewa Marae Story of Manurewa
Matuku - Bittern Bird of Manurewa
There have been many tribes that have come and gone through out the centuries around the Manukau region. We are looking at a historical period between 1700 - 1900 during the time of the Te Wai o Hua tribe.
Hua kai waka was the reigning chief who lived with his people Te Wai o Hua on the mountain called Maungawhau. He had a son called Huatau who eventually moved south to the mountains of Matukutureia and Matukutururu.
For some tribes these two mountains are called Nga Matukurua collectively. For others, these are two maunga and one puke or small hill. Matukutureia been the senior mountain and Matukutururu been the junior. The puke was referred to as Matukurua.
Matukutureia is often described as the alert bittern. The bittern or Matuku is a swamp bird, which once lived in these parts. The junior mountain Matukutururu is referred to as the sleepy bittern.
It should be known that these mountains have been quarried with Matukutururu no longer standing majestically as it once did. The rock from these mountains have been used as materials in the roads and motorways of Auckland.
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Huarangi had two sons to two different women. His first wife is called Takawai of Ngai Tahuhu. Their child is called Tamapahure.
When his first wife passed away, Huarangi had another wife called Kohe of Ngati Paoa. Their second child is called Tamapahore.
The home people of Matukureia became angry with Kohe when pregnant with Tamapahore because she would not share her preserved pigeons with everyone. Later, Huarangi took her to live at Matukutururu.
They later had another child, a girl called Hine a whea and other children.
When Huarangi passed away, Tamapahure became the chief of Matukutureia and Tamapahore became chief of Matukutururu.
Hine a whea reached the age where she would need the tattoo instruments of Matukutureia to fulfill her tribal rites. The home people of Matukutureia refused. Kohe felt insulted and cursed them before leaving for Piako
One day the men of Matukurua were kite-flying and Tamapahore's ascended the highest so Tamapahure caused his cord to foul that of his brother and break it, so that the kite drifted toward Hauraki. Hence the place name, in its full form, Te Manu rewa o Tamapahore (the drifted-away kite of Tamapahore).
This was a valued kite, so off Tamapahore went with his family to where his kite had drifted. At last he was guided to Pukekotaretare, near Mercury Bay, and there was found the kite. Hence the name of that district. Whenuakite, from Te Whenua I Kitea te Manu o Tamapahore (the land where was found the kite of Tamapahore). For a time he settled here and took to wife a woman of the Ngati Hoi, but later he and his family joined his mother's people at Piaki. There, his descendents are still known as Nga Manu Aute (the kite people).
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