Hauraki Iwi History

The following extract was taken from an article entitled 'THE TIPUA-KURA, AND OTHER MANIFESTATIONS OF THE SPIRIT WORLD.' by Lieut.-Colonel Gudgeon, C.M.G. It was published in Journal of the Polynesian Society, Volume 15, 1906, pp 27-57. ...Papakauri is an enchanted tree, whose history is even more mysterious than that of Papataunaki, related in a previous article. It is, moreover, surrounded by such a web of superstition of a truly unexplainable nature that it will be difficult to make myself intelligible to Europeans. I am, indeed, conscious that the pakeha side of my brain does not understand the tale as related to me, whereas on the Maori side it is clear enough. I think I have already remarked that tipuas are an exception to the rule, that all things are subject to the great laws that govern the universe. Tipuas obey no law, whether human or divine, but are somewhat amenable to karakias when uttered by a tohunga of reputation. With this preliminary warning, I will commence ...

Te Korimako, Volume 0, No. 38, Maehe 16, 1885 Keywords Mango Whaiapu Hare Reweti Kauaerunga

PIPIWHARAUROA, ISSUE 8, 1 OCTOBER 1898 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/PIPIWH18981001.2.7?query=hauraki Keywords Hauraki Ngāti Maru Te Rama o Hauraki Tuhi Māreikura

Published in AUCKLAND STAR, VOLUME LVI, ISSUE 58, 10 MARCH 1925 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19250310.2.101?query=tukumana 

Here is a map taken from the Journal of the Polynesian Society, that shows some interesting names and locations. Unfortunately, there are few errors - the area about present day Thames township is Ngāti Maru territory. The area immediately to the north and along the coast is a takiwā  of Ngāti Tamaterā (Waikawau block). The area of land labelled 'Ngāti Tamaterā' is part of the Ngāti Pāoa rohe adjoining Ngāti Maru adjacent to the Waihou River. Taken from 'Pare Hauraki and Pare Waikato' by George Graham in Journal of the Polynesian Society, Volume 58, No.2, 1949, pp. 68-76. http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document?wid=2520&page=0&action=searchresult&target=