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Biography

Rahiri (circa 1475-1585) [1]; [2]

  • Rahiri son of Tauramoko and Te Hauangiangi, born at Whiria pā, near Opononi in the Hokianga.
    • Wife 1 :Ahuaiti from Pouerua. aka Uenuku-kuare
      • first-born son, Uenuku aka Uenuku-kuare
    • Wife 2 :Whakaruru
      • second son Kaharau

Together the two brother Uenuku and Kaharau founded the fighting might of Ngapuhi.

Other Wives:

  • Moetonga
  • Paru

Other children of Rahiri :

  • Raparapa
    • had son Raparapa
      • had son Tautahi
  • First born son Ue-nuku-kuareTu poto
    • Wife Kauwae (sister of Tawake-iti)Daughter of Ue-oneone
      • Wife Tawake-iti (sister of Kauwae) Daughter of Ue-oneone
  • Ue-oneone
    • Wife Rei-tu (from Waikato)Daughter of Kokako
      • Son Kauwae
      • Son Tawake-iti
        • Taka
  • Taka
    • Wife Moko-iti
      • Son Tama-roa
  • Tama-roa
    • Wife Whakaahu
      • Son Waha kutia
      • Son Ra-roa.
        • Waha-kutia had grand children called Kamama, and Rahiri the second.
  • Kamama
    • Wife Pairama-te-whe
      • Son Kake
  • Ra-roa
    • Wife Wai-tapu
      • Son Marehu who had Uru-ra-roto, who had Kimi, who had Ripeka (Ripeka Titiparu is a descendant of the profile managers line) who had Mihaka.


  1. Taka was the first, and
  2. Kauwae the next, a sister and
  3. Tawake-iti next a sister
(these two women were taken by Tu-poto as his wives)
They had Korokoro and Kai-rewa, Korokoro was the ancestor of the Hokianga tribe now called Nga-ti-korokoro
Kai-rewa was the ancestor of Perehamere and his brother Pereha-te-kune who now lives at Opaea in the Hokianga.
  • Kai-rewa
    • Wife Tu iti (his wife Maro-hawhea). This woman Maro-hawhea was of the Wai-te-mata (Auckland) people and was daughter of Rangi-tau-heke who fell in love with Tu iti who she first saw in a game of Haka, but at that time she was betrothed to another, but as the time expired for Tu-iti to stay as a guest to the Wai-te-mata tribes, he embarked in his canoe with his party to go home to Nga-puhi, Rangi-tau-heke gave his war belt to Tu-iti as a sign and request for Tu-poto to come and kill the people of the Wai-te-mata district.
      • Son Rangi-mitimiti
        • Wife Tiraha
          • Son Te-raho
            • Wife Wheki
              • Son Papa
                • Wife Tiraha. (Tiraha resided in Paihia. Her father, Papa, is believed to have either died or been killed during a war in Rotorua. Another theory suggests that he was murdered by Te-rau-paraha in Rotorua. It is believed that the Nga-puhi tribe waged war against and killed the Rotorua tribes as a retaliation for this alleged murder).

Next after Tihe was Hakahaka, who had Nau, who had Peke tahi who is now living at Whirinaki.

  • Next after Te-raho was Hekenga. Husband Whare-umu
    • SonTorea, who had Tauranga, who had Topuhi, who had Huke-umu,
  • Heke-umu had Whanga-roa, who was still alive at Waimamaku 1849.
  • After Tihe was ____ who had Whakapuru who had Tohe who had Huke.
  • After Hekenga came Manga-wheki who had Turi au-taki, Rua-airo, and Tangohanga-rua.
  • Turi-au-taki had Te-ranga and Pakihi.
  • Te-ranga had Taura and Wha. Taura had Wake, who had Ripeka, who had Mihaka.
  • Rua airo had Pui and Pao.
  • Pui had Te-ahi who had Moe awa who had Te-otene pura.
  • Pao had Whare, who had Maapo who had Tiro.
  • Pakihi had Moe-tu, Pui, and Kuru.
  • Moe-tu had Tai-manawa and Takanga, who had Hinu.
  • Pui had Mai and Kaiwhangai.
  • Mai had Au paro who had Hori hore (Harris).
  • Kai-whangai had Wha, who had Rapana.
  • Kai-whangai had Wha, who had Rapana.
  • Kuru had Takoto-paru who had Raumati-nehe who had Kuta and Aitu.
  • Kuta had Hau-pokia.
  • Aitu had Nga-waka.
  • Tai-manawa had Takahi-rau.
  • Te-wha had the children called Pao and Pui.
  • After Pao came Reo and Hota.
  • Reo had took Turu and had Pari who had Haka and Hauhau who had Ti-warawara and Tohu.
  • Ti-warawara had Nga-tekau.
  • Tohu had Taka.
  • Hota had Kori and Karewa.
  • Kori had Tatu who had Ore who had Wi tana.
  • Hauhau had Whakarei who had Toti.
  • Karewa had Ka-raru and Ti-ranga-uru who had Erena.
  • Kararu had Tipene-tono and Here-ri.
  • After Pari came Rau who had Whata-rua, Pahia, Tokai, and Kuri.
  • Whata-rua had Pui and Hau, Pui had Rawiri-mutu.
  • Hau had Epiniha.
  • Rapia had Tu-ka-riri and Papua, Tu-ka-riri had Kotara.
  • Papua had Mapu who had Koi-uru.
  • Tokai had Pangari and Rangi-haua, who had Toi.
  • Kuri had Kiri.
  • Rau also had Mano who took Hanahana, and had Ruai who had Tuhi rangi who had Hoterere.
  • Hanahana also took Hau-ahi and had Wehe who had Wiremu Hopihana Tahua.
  • After Rau came Tangohanga-rua who took Tai-omanga who had Hekenga, who had Te-inati unganga, and Uroro.
  • Te inati had Akiritanga who had Te Wheoki.
  • Uroro had Mata and Hei.
  • Mata had Aria.
  • Hei had Nga-roto.

This is the end of the genealogy of the descendants of Rangi-mitimiti.

  • After Rangi-mitimiti came Rangi-haua, Tu-tahua, Koro-hue, Wheti, Kuri-mau-taka, and Kauika.

Tu-tahua had Whare-toru, Meto, Te-hope, Kai-a-rahiri and Whaka tatu, who had many children, he had seventy but all were killed in the Hope-manawa battle which took place at Whirinaki, all these seventy were born at Puke-aitanga in the Wai-hou district in Hokianga, and only one of this great family escaped from the battle of Hope manawa, who was called Meto with his sister called Whare-toru who had Te-kuta, who took Ngawa and had Te-patu, who had Tua, who had Kawa-hau, who had Eru-patu-one and Waka-nene, I will give the other descendants of Te-patu further on.

When Te-ngawa was killed in the Rau kumara battle Te kuta took Nga peka and had Kai-kirikiri who was a great warrior who had Tai-ki-whenua, who had Ahu-riri, Ranga-unu and Muri-wai. Ahuriri had Makoare, who had Raniera, Aperahama and Hohaia.

Rangaunu had Hora Kingi raumati, who had Rihari.

Muriwai had Wata and Kerehi.

Next after Tai-ki-whenua was Kau-te-awha this was a brave man, and was the head of all warriors, and all the tribes here heard of the bravery of this man, there were many other brave warriors, but he was the first of them all, but he was never known to use of his own accord to avenge any one, his was the acts of a brave man to succour the down trodden, he was a great chief, and also with his rank he was brave, and it was by him that the Popoto tribe became of note and had power and authority, he was a great general and knew the arts of war.

In a future part of this I will give an account of the brave deeds of this man. His ideas were spoken of in the Okaihau war.

After Kau-te-awha came Whare-maru, and Tare-whare.

PAGE (28) Kau-te-awha had Mahore who was the mother of Kerehi and Waata.

Whare-maru had Tare-whare, and Haimona-matangi.

Tare whare had Paenga who had Henare Tara-moe-roa who had Wikiriwhi.

Haimona matangi had Paora-nohi.

After Haimona matangi came Karaitiana, and Kuranga.

Karaitiana had Hohaia, Metiria and Perere.

Kuranga had Tamati-ngere.

After Kai-kirikiri came Kiri hoko, and Kerakera.

Kiri-hoko had Taura, who had Wake, who had Ripeka, who had Mihaka.

Kerakera took Pipi and had Kai-a-rahiri who took Hau and had Hau-kotare, who had Tahuhu, who had Te-oki.

After Tahuhu were Whare and Tango, these men all reside at this time 1849 in the Bay of Islands.

After Te-kai-a-rahiri was Pehi who had Ao a female.

Numanga took Hika and had Patu-wai(ai) and Mapu. Patu-wai took Riunga and had Iwi-tauia who had Ueke.

Mapu had Kopu, who had Ri who had Nga-kiore. The head of Papa who was murdered at Roto-rua by instigation of Te-rau-paraha was gnawed by Rats hence the name of this man Nga-kiore ("The Rats").

After Ri came Tinaha a woman who married Mr Cook and had Tuhana.

After Kerakera came Nga-peka who took Waha-ika as his first wife and had Mairanga who had Mahore who had Wata and Kereihi, Wata had Rihari and Kereihi had Atareria.

PAGE (29) Nga-peka took Pani as his second wife and had Haka, Hauhau, and Wai-roa.

Haka took Kura and had Kaka, Moanaroa and Kukupa.

Hauhau had Whakarei who had Toti.

Wai-roa had Whetu and Ku-ki-wharera.

Whetu had Toi.

Ku-ki-wharera had Miriama.

Wai-roa also had Te-ngaro, who had Tau-kohi who had Tautahi.

After Te-kuta came Tai-ka-horo mai. This man was a very brave warrior who when he had heard of the brave deeds of Rekereke, he went to Muri-whenua, to see this brave chief Rekereke who when he met he asked Rekereke this question "How long should a spear be?"

Rekereke answered "One length of the extended arms of a man and part of another span," but Rekereke added "But if your spear is taken from you by your foe, extend your arms towards him and chop your hands."

Rekereke asked Tai-ka-horo-mai "How many mata-ika have you taken?"

Tai-ka-horo-mai said "Six."

Rekereke said "You have taken one less than I have, that is the seventh."

To take a mata-ika is considered a deed of great import by us the Maori. Those who are killed in the scrub or at the settlement are not called "mata-ika", nor will the defeat of such be spoken of as of any note for bravery, but so soon as war is declared, and two armies meet, and when they are all placed in battle array and each body of men are drawn up in lines in front of each other about two fathoms, or twice the space covered by the fully extended arms, and the warriors pace up and down in this space between the two contending bodies of men, and though twenty men lunge at one of PAGE (30)warriors who may be in this space, they can not pierce him with their spears, as he being a Toa (warrior) wards all the spears off, and he jumps at and takes prisoner one of those who lunge their spear at him, and brings him away to this own body of men, the man then taken out of his body of friends is called a "mata-ika", (first of fish slain in battle).

Tai-ka-horo-mai came back from his visit to Rekereke about the time that the battle at Kau-onepu (all sand) was fought, and Tai-ka-horo-mai was engaged in that battle, and he took a position in one wing of the warriors, as Tai-omanga also took up his position opposite to Tai-ka-horo-mai, and Tai-ka-horo-mai took two mata-ika, and Tai-omanga only one when the enemies of Tai-ka-horo-mai fled till they arrived at Rangatira, where they stood and then charged back on their pursuers, and Tai-ka-horo-mai lost his tao (spear) so he clapped his hands and did as Rekereke had taught him to do if ever he lost his weapon in battle, and he jumped at his enemies and caught two men and disabled them, but he was not hurt in this encounter, when he had left these two as dead and had charged on the enemy some distance further, the enemy turned and charged on their pursuers, and one of the two who had been disabled by Tai-ka-horo-mai rose and caught Tai-ka-horo-mai by the heel, and struck him on the head, and Tai-ka-horo-mai lay as if he were dead, and he who had felled him proposed to cut his head off as a trophy, but another person said "Do not cut his head off, it is a poor one, and is not tattooed," so they left Tai-ka-horo-mai, soon after he rose and headed a party of his people who charged the enemy and killed them all.

Now the origin of the battle just now related was on account of a vindictive feeling entertained by PAGE (31)Tane-miti-rangi, because of a narrow escape he had of being murdered by his brother in law. Tane-miti-rangi had gone to pay a visit to his sister, and they all three slept in the same House, and in the night his sister's husband left the house for a short time, and as Tane-miti-rangi and his sister were alone in the house, the brother in law was jealous, and took his war weapon to kill Tane-miti-rangi, but the sister took hold of the weapon and thus saved the life of her brother. So soon as Tane-miti-rangi had risen from sleep his sister said "Did you awake at the time that I and my husband were quarrelling?"

Tane-miti-rangi said "No."

His sister said "You narrowly escaped being murdered last night. I held the mere (weapon) back, or you would have been killed."

This caused Tane-miti-rangi to feel a hatred and he returned to his home, and when Summer came, he thought that perhaps the people had assembled at Nuku-pure (baptize the land) to pluck the fruit of the Karaka (corynocarpus laevigata) and he said "Perhaps the Nga-koikoi (a little black cod about eight inches long and about two inches through, caught in the cracks in the rocks on the coast) fish have come to my cave." The Nga koikoi is a fish, but he alluded to men.

Also Tai-ka-horo-mai was engaged in another battle soon after that of "Te-kau-one-pu" (the battle in the sand) which was called "Ko te hau te makuru" (nothing gained by taking the scalp) which took place at Hu-toia up the Wai-hou beach at the head of the Hokianga river. The people of the place went to pluck the fruit of the Karaka tree and as they embarked in a canoe Nga-peke (the shoulders) said I had a dream, a god of night was singing a song to me, and these are the words of his songPAGE (32) O son of Tu e-i O son of Kai e-i Swim the River of Rua-mahu e i And end your anger beyond e i

The party went on to Wai-hou and slept there, and on the morrow Tai-ka-horo-mai left his companions and went on to Hu toia, and climbed up into a Karaka tree, and whilst there he heard the voices of men of a war party, wandering and saying "Well these Karaka trees do not bear a good crop of fruit" but Tai-ka-horo-mai was not seen by the war party. He went back to his company and said "War is proclaimed." So the party rose and went in a body to where the war party were and met them and at once gave battle, and Huti was killed, and Tai-ka-horo-mai took his stand in front and killed the first man, and the war party fled and were pursued and one hundred of them were killed.

Tai-ka-horo-mai had Rika, Rewha, and Rua.

Rika had Hau-kapona who had Henare, who had Rua-keri-po.

Rewha had Maara, who had Awha, who had Pirimona and Awhitanga who had Whakarei.

Rua had Pare-roa, who had Kotahi.

Meto had two after him who were called

Whare-toru

Kope

Meto had Kauhi, who had Potae, who had Tangi, who had Te-ngau, who had Karemu.

Kope took Rangi-ka-tuhia of the Nga-i-tupoto and had Awa-i-orua.

I will give the remainder of the offspring of Meto in a future place in this Book.

PAGE (33) The name Awa-i-orua (the creek where (some one) stuck in the mud) is the name given to a creek in the Whiri-naki river, on account of Taura-tu-maru having been killed there, who was the husband of Tu tahua who was killed at the battle of Te kope manawa. At the time that Taura-tu-maru was killed, his eye was plucked out by Whare-toka, and taken to the Bay of Islands, and used to put an embargo on some cockle bank in the river, so that the cockles might not be collected till the embargo was taken off, and on this account (because of the eye of Taura-tu-maru being thus used) his tribe the Popoto took possession of the Bay of Islands district in ancient times.

Awa-i-orua took Tai-awatea and had Huri-waka. This man was a great murderer, and was also a great warrior. He stabbed many people (or murdered them by stabbing them) and not any one would go near to where he lived for fear of him.

Huri-waka had Whiu, Puninga, Wai-o-tara.

Whiu had Te waha, who had Whai-ti who had Tutu and Pero.

Puninga had Hawato, and Koni-whare.

Koni-whare had Mutu and Hau-tungia.

Hau-tungia had Kaa-wai who had Maraua.

Mutu had Kanawa who had Wi-te-maara.

Hawato had Haki.

Wai-o-tara had Ahuriri, Ranga-unu and Muri-wai.

Next after Wai-o-tara was Pare-huruhuru, and Kopu, and Puke-hinau.

Pare huruhuru had Kahu-iti, who had Iroriana, Whawharu and Aru-mai.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia - Various Contributors (accessed 21 Apr 2023)
  2. / Victoria University of Wellington; The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions, Nga Puhi Vol X English NGA-PUHI [VOL. X, ENGLISH; Chapter II - The Descendants of Rahiri (accessed 21 Apr 2023)




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