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Ngāpuhi, like most iwi, trace their pre-history back to the land of Hawaiki, most likely from Raiatea.The name Ngāpuhi has many stories about its origin, [a] but the most commonly known version is related to a story of an ariki in Hawaiki who lived many generations before Kupe, known as Kareroaiki.
Ngāti Hine is descended from a female ancestor, Hineamaru, a great granddaughter of Rāhiri who settled in the Waiomio Valley, near Kawakawa. [2] The prominent leader in the early years of European contact was Te Ruki Kawiti (1770s–1854).
Rāhiri (estimated to have lived sometime between 1475 and 1585) is the tūpuna of Ngāpuhi of Northland and Ngāti Rāhiri Tumutumu of the Hauraki District in New Zealand. [1]
Te Wera Hauraki (?–1839) was a rangatira (chieftain) of the Ngāti Hineira and Te Uri Taniwha hapū of the Ngāpuhi iwi from the Northland region of New Zealand.From about 1818 to 1821, Te Wera went on expeditions and fought battles in the Bay of Plenty and the East Coast.
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Hōne Heke and his wife Hariata, circa 1845. Hōne Wiremu Heke Pōkai (c. 1807/1808 – 7 August 1850), born Heke Pōkai and later often referred to as Hōne Heke, was a highly influential Māori rangatira (chief) of the Ngāpuhi iwi (tribe) and a war leader in northern New Zealand; he was affiliated with the Ngati Rahiri, Ngai Tawake, Ngati Tautahi, Te Matarahurahu and Te Uri-o-Hua hapū ...
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