Ngāti Kahungunu

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Ngāti Kahungunu is an Iwi of the Māori who is residenton the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand . Traditional settlement centers of the Iwi are the regions Hawke's Bay and Wairārapa .

The Ngāti Kahungunu can be divided geographically into three sub-tribes: Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa in the Wairoa district , Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga in the Hawke's Bay region and Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairārapa in southern Wairārapa . The Ngāti Kahungunu were one of the largest Iwi in 2006 with 59,946 registered tribesmen .

Tribal affairs are administered by the Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated . This organization takes care of social, economic and community development and represents the Iwi in political matters.

The Ngāti Kahungunu have a strong artistic tradition. The tribe operates a radio station and several newspapers, as well as a school for contemporary Māori art.

history

The ancestor Kahungunu with a navigator's canoe paddle

The Ngāti Kahungunu trace their origins back to the canoe Tākitimu Waka . According to the tradition , the captain of this canoe was Tākitimu , who settled in the area of Tauranga . His great-grandson was Kahungunu, who was born in what is now Kaitaia . All his life, Kahungunu traveled south through the North Island and then moved to the east coast. He married several times on his journey south and had numerous offspring. The Ngāti Kahungunu are descendants of his association with Rongomaiwahine, with whom he settled on the Māhia Peninsula .

The Ngāti Kahungunu fought many battles against other Iwi of the North Island, including in the musket wars of the early 19th century. In December 1865 and January 1866 a brief civil war broke out within the Iwi, which historians regard as part of the East Cape War .

In 1840, several Ngāti Kahungunu chiefs were among the signatories of the Waitangi Treaty . During this time agriculture also began to establish itself, the products of which were used to trade with the European settlers. During the second half of the 19th century, much of the tribal land was bought by the British Crown, with less than 8 km² remaining in the hands of the Iwi. This led to the repudiation movement, which rejected all land distribution agreements. in the 1890s the Kotahitanga movement emerged, which was particularly well represented in the Wairārapa region.

Well-known Ngāti Kahungunu

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ QuickStats About Māori . Statistics New Zealand , archived from the original on June 29, 2007 ; accessed on September 1, 2014 (English, original website no longer available).