Ngāti Whātua
The Ngāti Whātua are a tribe ( Iwi ) of the Māori in New Zealand belonging to the Waka Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi . It consists of four Hapū (sub-tribes): Te Uri-o-Hau , Te Roroa , Te Taoū and Ngāti Whātua-o-Ōrākei.
At the time of the European settlement of New Zealand, the tribal area was around Kaipara Harbor and extended south to Tamaki Makaurau on the site of today's Auckland including today's Waitakere City FC . The tribe had migrated here from the Northland Peninsula in earlier centuries .
Rivalries with the Ngāpuhi escalated in the early 19th century when the Ngapuhi received muskets . The Ngapuhi attacked the Ngāti Whātua in 1807 or 1808 at the Battle of Moremonui . This may have been the first use of firearms in the Māori tribal wars. However, the Ngāti Whātua overran the Ngapuhi while they were reloading their muskets and scored a decisive victory. The Ngapuhi, led by Hongi Hika, took revenge in 1825 and defeated the Ngāti Whātua in the battle of Te Ika a Ranganui.
The tribe wanted to attract European settlers to their area and therefore offered Governor William Hobson land at Tamaki Makaurau in 1840. Hobson accepted the offer and moved the capital of the colony here and renamed it "Auckland".
The Ngāti Whātua became known in New Zealand in the 1970s because of a dispute over land at Bastion Point near the Auckland suburb of Orakei . The area, which was expropriated by the Māori for defense purposes in 1886, was not to be returned to the rightful owners by the government after the end of military use, but rather to be sold for profit to real estate companies. After a long and peaceful occupation of the country, the police and army ended it by force, but later the country had to be largely returned to the tribe.
See also
Web links
- Waitangi Tribunal - Orakei Resource Kit
- Rāwiri Taonui : Ngāti Whātua . In: Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , August 24, 2015, accessed January 26, 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ^ About the City . Waitakere City Council , archived from the original on January 12, 2007 ; accessed on September 2, 2014 (English, original website no longer available).