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Ngāi Tahu, or Kāi Tahu, is the principal Māori iwi (tribe) of the South Island. Its takiwā (tribal area) is the largest in New Zealand, and extends from the White Bluffs / Te Parinui o Whiti (southeast of Blenheim ), Mount Mahanga and Kahurangi Point in the north to Stewart Island / Rakiura in the south.
Kaiapoi pā was established around the year 1700 by the Ngāi Tahu chief Tūrākautahi.Eventually to become the largest fortified village in the South Island, it lay on the site of a stronghold of an earlier tribe, either the Waitaha or Kāti Māmoe, [10] both of which were absorbed by Ngāi Tahu through warfare and intermarriage. [11]
A century later, the Ngāti Māmoe were largely subsequently absorbed via marriage and conquest by Ngāi Tahu, who migrated south in turn. There are many hapū (sub tribes) that acknowledge Kāti Māmoe as their iwi. They each have their own rūnanga (council). Many Ngāi Tahu have Ngāti Māmoe links in their whakapapa. In the far south of the ...
Tūhaitara from Hastings, a famed Ngāi Tahu ancestress, was said to have some Ngāti Māmoe ancestry. [9] Her husband Marukore was a local with Te Kāhea ancestry. [15] Waiwhero and Hekeia were Waitaha chiefs, [2] with Te Anau being the latter's granddaughter [16] and Aparima being his mother. Otaraia was the name of another chief. [2]
Kaiapoi Island" (as it was later called) was of spiritual and educational significance to Ngāi Tahu, who called it Te Rakai a Hewa (the adornment of the deluded one). A stream that ran through the island, Te Tupapaku (also known as Courtenay Stream), was an important location for the ritual burial process of local Māori.
Ngāi Tāmanuhiri is a Māori iwi of New Zealand and were formerly known by the name of Ngai Tahu, and Ngai Tahu-po respectively. They are descendants of Tahu-nui (also known as Tahu potiki, or Tahu matua) [2] who is also the eponymous ancestor of the Kāi Tahu iwi of Te Waipounamu.
The Ngāi Tahu land settlement claim documents at Tūranga. The Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998 is an act of Parliament passed in New Zealand relating to Ngāi Tahu, the principal Māori iwi (tribe) of Te Waipounamu the South Island. It was negotiated in part by Henare Rakiihia Tau. [1]
Ngāi Tahu is a Māori tribe in southern New Zealand. Ngāi Tahu may also refer to: Ngāi Tahu (Ngāti Kahungunu), a Ngāti Kahungunu sub-tribe;