'The Building of Hotunui, Whare Whakairo, W. H. Taipari's Carved House at Thames, 1878'
Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 30, 1897, 1897, Page 41
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An 1874 visit by Ropata Wahawaha of Ngāti Porou to Hauraki
Te Waka Maori o Nu Tirani, Pukapuka 10, No. 7, 1874
A Report by Ropata Wahawaha of Ngāti Porou concerning his visit to Mataora, Coromandel, in 1870.
Waka Maori, Volume VI, Issue 13, 30 August 1870, Page 57
'Engagement with Rebel Maoris', attacks in the Hūnua Ranges (1863)
Franklin Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 132, 13 November 1933, Page 5
'Ten Charges. Horse Stealing Alleged', Whakatīwai, 1930
Franklin Times, Volume XX, Issue 75, 2 July 1930, Page 5
Conflict between the patupaiarehe of Te Aroha and Rangitoto Mountains
Te Aroha Maunga, Hauraki (Please note: I do not own this image or rights to its use. Please let me know if you know from whom I may seek permission to use this image .) The following story was published in the Journal of the Polynesian Society in 1921 and tells of conflict between the patupaiarehe of the Te Aroha-Moehau ranges (led by Ruatāne) and patupaiarehe of Rangitoto, Wharepūhunga and Maungatautari (led by Tarapīkau). The text beneath has not been edited. T HE PATU-PAIAREHE OF RANGITOTO AND TE AROHA. An elder of Ngati-Maniapoto narrates this tradition of the Patu-paiarehe of his district, a legend into which a considerable element of the marvellous enters:— In the days of old a chief named Rua-tane was the rangatira of the Patu-paiarehe tribe, who inhabited the forests of Te Aroha mountain and the wooded ranges extending thence northward to Moehau (Cape Colville). Tarapikau was the chief of the Patu-paiarehe who lived on the ranges of Rangitoto, Wharepuhunga, and...
Meeting of the ‘Māori Church’ of the Bishopric of Aotearoa, 23-24 March 1898, Pārāwai, Hauraki
Pipiwharauroa, Issue 8, 1 October 1898, Page 2
'Te Hui nui ki Ohinemuri' (Visit by King Mahuta to Hauraki), 1895
Te Paki o Matariki, No. 4, 1895, p. 4
'He Whakaaturanga tenei i nga ingoa o nga Takawaenga ara Pirihimana', (Policemen of the Kīngitanga), 1895
Te Paki o Matariki, No. 4,1895, p. 4
Pāoa, an extract from the manuscript by Tukumana Te Taniwha (1929) of Ngāti Whanaunga, Ngāti Pāoa
This lithograph - showing Kaitōtehe Pā in the foreground and Taupiri in the background - was based upon an 1844 painting by George Frederick Angas. The ancestor Pāoa originally lived at this pā on the Waikato River (opposite Taupiri) before migrating to Hauraki. See here . This version of the story of the ancestor Pāoa was extracted from a manuscript entitled 'Marutuahu', written by Tukumana Te Taniwha of Ngāti Whanaunga and Ngāti Pāoa in 1929. The manuscript is held in the Library of the Auckland War Memorial Museum. You can see the catalogue entry for the manuscript here . The story covers the following events in the life of Pāoa: Pāoa's lineage, being the younger sibling of Paretahuri and Mahuta of Tainui and Te Arawa Pāoa is embarrassed during the visit by his older brother Mahuta to his home at Kaitotehe Pā, near Taupiri, Waikato. Pāoa departs Waikato and moves to Mirimirirau, a pā on the banks of the Piako River, Hauraki. Pāoa receives an invitation from Tukut...