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'Te Hemonga o Taurua Te Tawaroa', Te Patukirikiri, Waiau (Coromandel), 1856

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Published Te Karere Māori, 1857, Vol 3, No. 1, p. 7 TE HEMONGA O TAURUA TE TAWAROA Nui atu te panga o te pouri ki te ngakau mo te matenga o te rangatira o Te Patukirikiri, e noho ana ki Waiau, a Taurua Te Tawaroa Makuini. Ko to matou hoa ka mate nei no te whakatupuranga tangata e piri ana ki te taha Maori, whakawhirinaki ana ia ki runga ki nga tikanga o nga tupuna, no konei pea i karangatia ai e nga Pakeha ko Te Ruruhi Makutu. Otiia, he nui tona whakahoatanga ki nga Pakeha katoa, a, nui atu tona hiahia kia piri nga whakaaro ki runga ki te kawanatanga o tenei whenua. Kua nui te kite o te kaituhituhi o tenei pukapuka i nga mahi o Taurua, a, e whakaaro ana ia ko nga tikanga katoa o tenei wahine rangatira i kitea e ia, i haere i runga i te pai. I te huihuinga nui i Patapata i Waiau mo te koura, ko nga korero o tenei kuia rangatira i waiho hei mea ahuareka mo te tokomaha; otira, kahore i pera te tika o te whakaaro o te tokomaha ki runga ki te kawanatanga me ta Taurua. Ko te...

He Hui whakanui i te Kīngi Māori, Ōhinemuri, 1895

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Here is a description of a hui welcoming Kīngi Mahuta to Ōhinemuri, Hauraki, 1895. TE HUI NUI KI Ohinemuri. He mea tangotango mai i etahi o nga korero o taua Huihuinga. KOIA-TENEI [No te 21 o ngara o Hune] Ka tae a Kiingi Mahuta Tawhiao, raua ko tona Teina ko te Wherowhero Tawhiao, me o raua Iwi mo Waikato: I tata pea ratou nga Iwi haere atu ki te 200 Waihoki ko Ngaiterangi kua tae ke atu ki Hauraki, i te 19 o nga ra. T tae hoki pea a Ngai- terangi ki tu 200. Otira ko Ngati Kahungunu kua tao ke atu ki Hauraki; Ara a Peni te Ua Mai- rangi, i haere mai ano ia he whai mai kia kite ia i taua Hui ka tu nei ki Hauraki. Kiingi Mahuta,   Marutuahu Ohinemuri; Hauraki, Hune 21, 1895. KIINGI MAHUTA TAWHIAO POTATAU TE WHERO- WHERO :—— Haere mai! haere mai!! haere mai!!! Haere mai e te Kiingi, o Aotearoa o te Waipounamu; e huaina nei ko Nui Tireni, me era atu motu i waho atu. "Haere mai e te Kiingi " Haere mai ki Hauraki, haere mai ki nga haerenga a to Matua a Kii...

Epiha, Ngāti Hako

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Te Korimako, Vol 0, No. 12, p.2 http://www.nzdl.org/gsdlmod?gg=full&e=d-00000-00---off-0niupepa--00-0----0-10-0---0---0direct-10---4-------0-1lpc--11-en-50---20-about-marutuahu--00-0-21-00-0-0-11-1-0utfZz-8-00-0-0-11-10-0utfZz-8-00&a=d&cl=search&d=25_0_12.14

Te Aroha Maunga, he whakamārama

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Here is some kōrero found in Te Korimako concerning Te Aroha mountain. It contains an interesting description of the healing that can take place there. It also includes a waiata. Te Korimako, 1882-1900, Volume 0, No. 37, p. 6 Ko tenei maunga ko Te Aroha i a e tu mai nei a-waenga mania i nga mahinga kai a   Marutuahu , he hanga mana ki te taha Maori; ko te mana o tera maunga ki te taha Pakeha ko nga tahua monikoura e kerikeria mai nei i nga hiwi i runga atu o te awa, te kongutu i tapa nei e nga Maori ko  Waiorongomai . Ko  Pokomiha pea ianei te kauru o te awa , heoi, tapa iho e te Pakeha, ko Waiorongo katoa. Tetahi nui o tera maunga ki te Pakeha, ko nga waiariki, ko nga ngawha. Haere ai ki reira nga Pakeha  turingongengonge, nga kopa, nga piko, me te tini atu. Ka kitea nei ra hoki te haere-tokotoko, te haere-hape, te haere wharara, ki nga waiariki o Te Aroha, ka na uta mai, ka na te moana, hui atu, hui atu; a, kua panuitia e nga Pakeha, ka nui te mana o au...

Te Taniwha, Forebear of Tukumana, the fall of Maungawhau

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AUCKLAND STAR, VOLUME LX, ISSUE 291, 9 DECEMBER 1929 Fairfax Media is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence  . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Fairfax Media. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the  Copyright guide .

Papakauri, a taniwha of the Waihou River

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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 ...

He Waiata nā Mangō Whaiapu

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

Te Rama o Hauraki

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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

An Article about Hotunui Meeting House, Auckland Star 1925

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

A Map of Iwi Areas in Hauraki

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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=

Ureia, the taniwha of Tīkapa/Hauraki

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This image is of the carving depicting Ureia which is located in the meeting house 'Hotunui' Auckland War Memorial Museum. Image found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taniwha

Kahupeka of Ngāti Whanaunga

Here is an extract from an article by George Graham concerning whāngai. He recounts a story pertaining to Kahupeka, a well known kuia of Kaiaua. 'A granddaughter was born unto a Ngati Whanaunga chief of fame of recent times. His ohahi was that the girl was to be an ingoa (namesake) for him. The name indicated was “Kahupeka,” his grandmother's name.  In due course he, in Maori customary way, bestowed a piece of land (tukua he whenua) as an abiding-place for his ingoa. Her family settled down there, built their houses, fenced and cultivated the land for some years. However, the old gentleman without prior reference to his ingoa's parents, sold that land to a Pakeha. This act was regarded as kohuru (treachery), and wiped out all respect for his ohaki.  First destroying all the houses by fire, chopping down the fruit trees, fencing, etc., they vacated the land, leaving a curse thereon. They migrated to another place where forgetting not, they forgave not.  Later the...

Te Matenga o Paora Te Putu, Ngāti Tamaterā

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AOTEAROA, OR THE MAORI RECORDER , VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2, 1 JANUARY 1862 See also below: http://www.nzdl.org/gsdlmod?gg=full&e=d-00000-00---off-0niupepa--00-0----0-10-0---0---0direct-10---4-------0-1lpc--11-en-50---20-about-tamatera--00-0-21-00-0-0-11-1-0utfZz-8-00-0-0-11-10-0utfZz-8-00&a=d&cl=search&d=13_1_2.20 

Ngā Pou Kīngi in Hauraki, list of maunga pledged as 'pou' of the King Movement in Hauraki, 1893, 1907

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The following extracts were taken from the 1893 and the 1907 editions of the King Movement newspaper entitled Te Paki o Matariki. These extracts list the various mountains throughout both the North and South Islands that were pledged as 'post' (pou) for the house of the King and the King Movement. Both lists include four maunga from Hauraki and their respective iwi as follows: Moehau, Ngāti Tamaterā Kohukohunui, Ngāti Whanaunga Rātāroa, Ngāti Pāoa Te Aroha-a-uta, Ngāti Maru, Ngāi Te Rangi Te Aroha-a-tai, Hauraki Moehau is the large peak at the northern end of the Coromandel Peninsula and Kohukohunui is the highest peak in the Hūnua Ranges, western Hauraki. Rātāroa is located near Waitakaruru, at the southern of the Hūnua Ranges, and Te Aroha is the maunga located adjacent to modern day Te Aroha. Here is the 1893 extract: Te Paki o Matariki, 25 July 1893, p. 4 Here is the 1907 extract: Te Paki o Matariki, 2 May 1907 p. 1

The Passing of Raika Whakarongotai

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Te Korimako 1882-1890: Volume 0, No. 54:  9