One of the wives of Koraurau was Te Aho-o-te-Rangi was one of the few people who escaped under cover of darkness. As she dived into Te Awanui with her baby, Hohepa Hikutaia Te Mea on her back, she was ...
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1/11/2022
One of the wives of Koraurau was Te Aho-o-te-Rangi was one of the few people who escaped under cover of darkness. As she dived into Te Awanui with her baby, Hohepa Hikutaia Te Mea on her back, she was ...
1/11/2022
"Koraurau was the leading chief at Otamataha Pā in Tauranga. He was killed in early April 1828 along with around 500 of his people when the pā was raided by iwi from the Thames district."
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12/10/2020
12/10/2020
"Koraurau was the leading chief at Otamataha Pā in Tauranga. He was killed in early April 1828 along with around 500 of his people when the pā was raided by iwi from the Thames district."
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12/10/2020
Reko (reh-kawe) was the son of Puhirake, his name meaning white dogskin cape. His brother was Whakapa, chief of Mauao, who was killed when Mauao was attacked in 1820. Reko was taken prisoner during the...
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6/2/2018
6/2/2018
Reko (reh-kawe) was the son of Puhirake, his name meaning white dogskin cape. His brother was Whakapa, chief of Mauao, who was killed when Mauao was attacked in 1820. Reko was taken prisoner during the...
6/2/2018
1820 (January) Battle of Mauao: Whakapa was the chief of Mauao in Tauranga. In January 1820 enemy chief Te Morenga had aquired 35 muskets & led a tauā of 600 men to Tauranga. When they land at Matākana...
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6/2/2018
6/2/2018
1820 (January) Battle of Mauao: Whakapa was the chief of Mauao in Tauranga. In January 1820 enemy chief Te Morenga had aquired 35 muskets & led a tauā of 600 men to Tauranga. When they land at Matākana...
6/2/2018
Nuka Taipari belonged to Ngati He, a hapu of Ngai Te Rangi of Tauranga. He was the principal chief of Maungatapu pa in the 1830s and 1840s. He is known mostly from references in missionary journals and...
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1/15/2011
11/4/2017
Nuka Taipari belonged to Ngati He, a hapu of Ngai Te Rangi of Tauranga. He was the principal chief of Maungatapu pa in the 1830s and 1840s. He is known mostly from references in missionary journals and...
11/4/2017
Taraia Ngakuti, sometimes also known as Te Tumuhuia, was born in the late eighteenth century. He was the son of Te Kaharunga and of Rewa, daughter of Te Rangi-tu-mamao. His mana derived from his descen...
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9/14/2016
1/28/2017
Taraia Ngakuti, sometimes also known as Te Tumuhuia, was born in the late eighteenth century. He was the son of Te Kaharunga and of Rewa, daughter of Te Rangi-tu-mamao. His mana derived from his descen...
1/28/2017
Source: Tuku: gifts for a king and the panoplies of Titore and Patuone by Philip G. Parkinson Titore of Kororareka (now Russell) was one of the principal chiefs in the Bay of Islands from 1830 until hi...
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10/8/2009
10/16/2016
Source: Tuku: gifts for a king and the panoplies of Titore and Patuone by Philip G. Parkinson Titore of Kororareka (now Russell) was one of the principal chiefs in the Bay of Islands from 1830 until hi...
10/16/2016
On Christmas Day 1835 Te Hunga, a kinsman of Te Waharoa, was killed, probably by Haerehuka of Te Arawa. Three months later Te Waharoa led his warriors to Maketu to exact utu: on 28 March 1836 they dest...
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9/2/2016
9/2/2016
On Christmas Day 1835 Te Hunga, a kinsman of Te Waharoa, was killed, probably by Haerehuka of Te Arawa. Three months later Te Waharoa led his warriors to Maketu to exact utu: on 28 March 1836 they dest...
9/2/2016
A Bay of Islands Ngapuhi and perhaps, Te Rarawa chief and rival to Hongi Hika. He lived at Tai-a-mai, near Waimate North. He visited Marsden in New South Wales before 1814. In January 1815 he went on t...
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2/28/2011
5/22/2016
A Bay of Islands Ngapuhi and perhaps, Te Rarawa chief and rival to Hongi Hika. He lived at Tai-a-mai, near Waimate North. He visited Marsden in New South Wales before 1814. In January 1815 he went on t...
5/22/2016
Paramount chief of Ngāi Te Rangi, Tauranga. Succeeded by his son Hori Tupāea in the 1830s. Whakapapa of Hori Tupaea given by his son Akuhata Tupaea before Commissioner Branbant in 1881."The chief Te Wa...
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12/26/2010
5/13/2016
Paramount chief of Ngāi Te Rangi, Tauranga. Succeeded by his son Hori Tupāea in the 1830s. Whakapapa of Hori Tupaea given by his son Akuhata Tupaea before Commissioner Branbant in 1881."The chief Te Wa...
5/13/2016
"Hōri Kingi Tūpaea was the last chief of Ōtūmoetai Pā in Tauranga. His iwi were Ngāi Te Rangi, his hapū Te Whānau-a-Tauwhao. Hōri fought many battles during the Musket Wars (1818-1842), a major one bei...
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10/14/2009
5/13/2016
"Hōri Kingi Tūpaea was the last chief of Ōtūmoetai Pā in Tauranga. His iwi were Ngāi Te Rangi, his hapū Te Whānau-a-Tauwhao. Hōri fought many battles during the Musket Wars (1818-1842), a major one bei...
5/13/2016
Hongi Hika was born near Kaikohe, in northern New Zealand: he told French explorers in 1824 that he had been born in the year of Marion du Fresne's death, which was in 1772; and he was a mature man at ...
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8/31/2009
5/13/2016
Hongi Hika was born near Kaikohe, in northern New Zealand: he told French explorers in 1824 that he had been born in the year of Marion du Fresne's death, which was in 1772; and he was a mature man at ...
5/13/2016
Te Tūtahi led one of the three Ngāti Hē sections of Te Whānau Whero and Ngāti Whare. He was renowned as a fighting chief. Tūtahi signed the Tauranga Treaty of Waitangi sheet with his tana tohu (his mar...
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1/13/2013
5/8/2016
Te Tūtahi led one of the three Ngāti Hē sections of Te Whānau Whero and Ngāti Whare. He was renowned as a fighting chief. Tūtahi signed the Tauranga Treaty of Waitangi sheet with his tana tohu (his mar...
5/8/2016
Rev. Henry Williams was a former naval officer who served during the Napoleonic Wars. He arrived in NZ in the Brampton in 1823 and settled in Piahia, Bay of Islands. His son was born there in 1825. He ...
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5/1/2008
5/8/2016
Rev. Henry Williams was a former naval officer who served during the Napoleonic Wars. He arrived in NZ in the Brampton in 1823 and settled in Piahia, Bay of Islands. His son was born there in 1825. He ...
5/8/2016
"Émile Joseph Borel was a cooper working on board the whaling ship ‘Roland’ when he deserted in Australia and made his way to New Zealand. Here he established himself at Rangiāōhia and then Te Puna vil...
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1/2/2012
5/8/2016
"Émile Joseph Borel was a cooper working on board the whaling ship ‘Roland’ when he deserted in Australia and made his way to New Zealand. Here he established himself at Rangiāōhia and then Te Puna vil...
5/8/2016
"Alfred Nesbit Brown served as a Church Missionary Society (CMS) missionary in New Zealand from 1829 to 1884. He spent much of his time at the Te Papa Mission Station in Tauranga where the Brown family...
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12/5/2013
5/8/2016
"Alfred Nesbit Brown served as a Church Missionary Society (CMS) missionary in New Zealand from 1829 to 1884. He spent much of his time at the Te Papa Mission Station in Tauranga where the Brown family...
5/8/2016
"Philip Tapsell was a mariner, whaler and early trader. He first visited in New Zealand in 1809. His future wife, Maria Ringa, was baptised by Rev. Thomas Kendall on 4 March 1823 and was likely the fir...
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5/20/2010
5/8/2016
"Philip Tapsell was a mariner, whaler and early trader. He first visited in New Zealand in 1809. His future wife, Maria Ringa, was baptised by Rev. Thomas Kendall on 4 March 1823 and was likely the fir...
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