Hauraki Iwi History

  Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 3900, 21 February 1870, Page 3

Thames Advertiser, Volume XI, Issue 2520, 13 January 1877, Page 3

Here is an extract of writing by the great Ngāti Maru scholar, Hoani Nahe, concerning the arrival of Tainui in Aotearoa and its journey through Te Moana-a-Toitehuatahi (Bay of Plenty), Hauraki, Tāmaki and Muriwhenua. This extract appeared in the Appendices to the Journal of the House of Representative, dated 1880. At the time, Hoani Nahe was a Member of the House of Representatives. A translation of this extract into English can be found here . LEGENDARY HISTORY OF THE MAORIS (EXTRACTS FROM A COMPILATION OF THE)., Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1880 Session I, G-08 2. — KO ETAHI ENEI o nga KORERO WHAKAPAPA o te WAKA nei o TAINUI, na HOANI NAHE, M.H.R Kaore nga Maori e mohio ki nga tau, o te taenga mai o Hotu ki tenei motu, a tae noa mai ki tenei ra Engari ko nga whakatipuranga ta matou e mohio ai. Ka noho te iwi ra i Hawaiiki, ka tarai waka ma ratou, hei rapu whenua hou mo ratou. Ka taraia te waka ra ka oti ko Tainui te ingo...

Observer, Volume 27, 27 November 1894, Page 22

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6967, 17 March 1884, Page 5 Read a biography of Te Kooti Arikirangi

Toke Watene (1881-1955) was a kaumātua of Ngāti Maru. Linked below is a recording of him talking about various Tainui and Hauraki traditions. 00:00- 31:42 Toke Wātene talks [in English] about the arrival of Tainui waka from Hawaiki in December (Hohua) on a spring tide. Hoturoa was the tohunga and Hotunui the commander. He also retells the journey of Tainui around the Waitematā, Manukau, and onto Kāwhia where the canoe was turned to stone. Hotunui was accused of stealing kūmara and went to live at Hauraki. Marutūahu went in search of him and married two women of the area from whom the various Hauraki tribes descend. Toke outlines the various tribes of the area, from whom they descend and gives various pepeha relating to them, and traces his whakapapa. Notes from this audio: Tainui means high or great tide Tainui left Hawaiki in a spring tide Ohoata, spring time  They were told not to go during the days of Tamatea as this was the time of storms Hotunui was the priest, Hoturoa was the...

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XIX, Issue 1968, 6 November 1863, Page 3 New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 42, 1 January 1864, Page 2