Hauraki Iwi History

Te Ao Hou, March 1959, Page 12 Here is an unedited version of this text. I have placed some suggested corrections in the text using square brackets [ ]. OF TANIWHA, NGARARA AND HOW PAEROA GOT ITS NAME by LEO FOWLER  I had always thought that the town of Paeroa got its name from the long ridge of hills behind it pae-roa . But I was wrong. I found that there was another and older meaning to the name. There is a very old, old story about the naming of Paeroa. I learned the story first, many years ago, from Hoane [Hoani] Te Huia of Paeroa, and later heard other versions from other old Maoris of my acquaintance.  I don't know what the name of the place was before it was called Paeroa. Some have told me it was Ruawea, [Ruawehea] some Ohinemuri, but these are district names, as far as I know. Anyway, in a cave near the hill now known as Turner's Hill, near the present town of Paeroa there lived a taniwha, or ngarara, named “Urea.” [Ureia] I have no certain knowledge as to what was th...

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19961, 12 June 1939, Page 14

Te Karere o Nui Tireni, Pukapuka 1, Nama 12, 1842, 52 

This notice appeared in an 1865 edition of Waka Maori. The notice was issued by Governor George Grey and concerns the extend of the Waikato Lands that were taken by the Government following the Waikato War. The lands that were confiscated included Pūkorokoro in Hauraki. Waka Maori, Volume II, Issue 41, 7 January 1865, Page 1

Here is an extract from the sale deed for the Mahurangi and Ōmaha blocks, dated 13 April 1841. The source of this extract can be found here: http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Tur01Nort-t1-g1-g1-g1-g6-g1-t1.html#n280 Mahurangi  and  Omaha  Block , Mahurangi  District . Kia mohio  nga tangata katoa i tenei Pukapuka ko matou nga Rangatira me nga  tangata o Ngatipaoa o Ngatimaru o Ngatitamatera Ngatiwanaunga ka tuku ka hoko atu nei i enei kainga o matou (ko Manurangi ko Omaha nga ingoa) me nga kainga katoa e takoto ana i roto i nga rohe e tuhituhia ana ki tenei Pukapuka kia te Karaka te kai tiaki o nga Tangata Maori mo te kuini o Ingarangi mo ona uri iho mo tetahi tangata wahine ranei e waiho ai e Ingarangi hei kingi hei kuini ranei ake tonu atu te whenua nga rakau katoa nga  wan  katoa nga awa katoa nga keringawai katoa, nga taiapa katoa nga motu katoa (kihai i hokona i mua ake nei) menga aha noa iho i runga i raro o enei kainga katoa o ma...

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 270, 13 November 1926, Page 42

Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume IV, Issue 103, 2 December 1852, Page 2

KO TE TANGI TENEI, A NGA TAMARIKI TOKORUA, I TE ARAHANGA AI, I A RAUA, KIA PATUA, E TE TAMA, A HONGI-HIKA, I TE PA O PAHIRUA, I TE TOTARA, KEI HAURAKI. Kaore te aroha! e komingomingo nei, Te hoki noa atu, i tarawahi awa, He kore tohunga mana, hei wehe ki te wai, Kia hemo ake ai, te aroha i a au. Tenei ka tope mai, te uhi a Mataora, He kore no Tukirau, kihai ra i waiho, Hei whakawehi e-i, mo te hanga i raro nei. Noku, nga turituri pawera rawa, au, Taku turanga ake, i te hihi o te whare, E rumaki tonu ana, he wai kei aku kamo. Ko Nga Moteatea, Me Nga Hakirara O Nga Maori, by George Grey, p. 38 The Honorable Robert Stokes, 1853, Wellington  See also  https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TOATAK19281201.2.17.20?items_per_page=10&page=3&query=Mataora&snippet=true

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8238, 24 November 1931, Page 2 Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXXXII, Issue 8997, 21 August 1944, Page 3

Observer, Volume XXXVII, Issue 28, 17 March 1917, Page 5

New Zealander, Volume 8, Issue 696, 15 December 1852, Page 3 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZ18521215.2.8?items_per_page=10&query=Motutere+coromandel+&snippet=true

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6967, 17 March 1884, Page 5

Patea Mail, 10 January 1938, Page 3

  Thames Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 7002, 2 October 1891, Page 2

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 72, 27 March 1933, Page 3