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 | WELLINGTON’S MAORI HISTORY NGA KORERO MUA O TE UPOKO O TE IKA Prehistory is the study of human activities[...]y period of contact with Europeans. The setting Te Upoko o Te Ika (the head of Mau’s fish) must be seen as on[...]awa Moana (Cook Strait). The high country from ‘Te Rawhiti to the Tararua and Rimutaka ranges lay in[...]ast (protected from prevailing north-west winds), Te Whanganui a Tara (Wellington Harbour), Pauatahanu[...]ions and are not in general use today N Te ManaoKupe Moana Nui a Kiwa[...] |
| [...]century. Kupe is associated with many places in Te Upoko o Tete tangata nana i topetope te whenua. Tu ke a Kapiti, tu ke Mana, tu ke Arapawa[...]e, Nana i whakatomene Titapua. Ka tomene i a au te whenua e! I sing of Kupe, the man who cut up the[...]e and Horowhenua coasts, at Paremata, 4 Makara, Te Ika a Maru, Te Motu Kairangi (the Miramar peninsula), and[...] |
| [...]al occupants were descendants of Tara, after whom Te Whanganui a Tara is named. The Ngai.Tara (the tri[...]t principal chief of Ngai Tara. His daughter, Moe-te-Ao, married the leader of Ngati Ira, Whaka- Thi-R[...]ibal alliance that lasted until last century. Ko te pekeha ki te moana Ko Ngati Ira ki uta. As the stormy[...] |
| [...]ning also expanded, to include the sandy soils of Te Motu Kairangi (Miramar peninsula), and small area[...]d banks of defensive pa, such as those at Makara, Te Ika a Maru, or near Te Au-a-Tane (the Wellington Harbour entrance), was[...]debt to the offended. 8 The total population of Te Whanganui a Tara was probably no more than severa[...]have come from the South Island. In this period, Te Upoko o Te Ika was part of a mesh of related tribes — Rang[...]gai Tahu, and later Ngati Kahungunu — including Te Wai Pounamu (the South Island). Then as now, the[...]st would be important in trade between Ngai Tahu, Te Atiawa, Tuwharetoa and other more populous tribes[...]s future was being foreshadowed for the people of Te Upoko o Te Ika. 9 |
| [...]raid, Amiowhenua of about 1820, virtually cleared Te Whanganui a Tara of its older population, the sur[...]d by Ngati Toa coming into the Porirua aréa, and Te Atiawa into Te Whanganui a Tara. Te Rauparaha and Te Rangi- haeata were famous chiefs of Ngati Toa who[...]emata, and Pauatahanui. The most famous chiefs of Te Atiawa were Te Wharepouri and Te Puni who lived on the western shore of the harbour and in the Hutt. Most of the place names of Te Whanganui a Tara still derive from the earlier oc[...]as opposed to trans- ient whaling stations. Some Te Atiawa, originally from Taranaki, returned there[...]ined are the mana whenua (acknowledged owners) of Te Whanganui a Tara. The period is beyond the scope[...]ave a tiny but true image of the Maori history of Te Whanganui a Tara. Kevin Jones August 1985[...] |
| [...]Bay . ; pe Taipakupaku @ <£ e Maupuia Pa : c 0 1 Te Whetu-kairangi Pa = < kilometres Worser Bay © Ke N Maraenui Te Aroaro- ae o-Kupe ONEPU ROAD MIRAMAR GOLF LINKS ge oA ay Te Tangihanga-a-Kupe Hue-te-taka Plates oe Te Rae-kai-hau 2 pes Suggested[...] |
| [...]Miramar cutting. G. Corbishley PLACES TO VISIT Te Motu Kairangi {Miramar Peninsula] A number of po[...]h a centre of low-lying, sandy flats. A lake, Hue-te-Para, drained the central part. Parts of the cent[...]e transferred west to the suburb of Hataitai) and Te Motu Kairangi. From Cobham Drive, the Mau[...] |
| [...]hanga and Scorching Bays was the site of a pa — Te Mahanga — and it is now a defence instal[...] |
| Te Whetu Kairangi, the principal pa of Tara, lay nea[...]important Kupe landing place, marked by the names Te Aroaro-o-Kupe (Steeple Rock) and Te Turanga-o-Kupe (by Fort Dorset). The names refer to Kupe’[...]thers take the walkway which offers fine views of Te Au-a-Tane (the harbour channel), Te Tangihanga-a-Kupe (Barretts Reef), Te Rae-Akiaki (Pencarrow Head) and Raukawa Moana (Co[...]may survive in these dunes. Time to drive around Te Motu Kairangi from Cobham Drive to Cobham[...] |
| [...]bay is one of the better preserved pa (R27/1) of Te Upoko o Te Ika. It is sometimes called Warehou pa, after the[...]s high as 4-6 metres. - 20 a : a (gar : Te = i “Te Pune. A New Zealand Chief. 1850’. Pencil and ink drawing of the Te Aciawa chief by Lt P. D. Vigors, R.N. Ale[...] |
| [...]rbour of Tara. Whitcombe & Tombs, 1959. Best, E. Te Whanganui a Tara — Wellington in Pre-Pakeha Day[...]rawn by Barnett in 1825-27, noc long after the ‘Te Atiawa occupation of the area. Te Whanganui a Tara remained uncharted uncil this da[...]winds. Ac chis time, following the occupation by Te Atiawa, the Maori population was very low in numb[...]iccen by Kevin Jones. Acknowledgements to Tipene O'Regan, Jim McKinlay, Bruce McFadgen, Ian W[...] |
| NGA KORERO MUA O TE UPOKO O TE IKA Te titiro a te kai-hurahura mo nga taonga tawhito (archaeologist) ki te noho a te Maori ki Te Whanga- nui a Tara i te wa 1000 A.D. ki te wa 1830 A.D. Ko te kaupapa o tenei pukapuka he whakaatu i te noho a te Maori ki ona kainga pa hoki i te Whanganui a Tara. E kapi ana e nga korero nei te ahua o nga mahinga kai, mahinga hi ika tae noa ki te titiro i nga kaute tangata e noho ana. Ko te whakaaro ake o te tuhituhinga nei kia maatau kia wehi ake nga tangata katoa 0 Aotearoa 0 naianei tonu ki nga mahi a te Maori o nehera. I wahangatia kia toru nga wehewehenga korero mo te wa mai i te tau 1000 A.D. ki te tau 1830 A.D. Ko nga wahanga e toru nei i huaina[...]Hirini Moko Mead e whai ake nei. -Nga kakano me Te Tipunga [1000-1500 A.D.] Ko nga kaute tangata e noho ana i te Whanganui a Tara mai i te rua rau ke te toru rau. Ko te mahi nui a te tangata kia whiwhi oranga ai he whakatipu kai, he hi ika me te mahi hoki i nga hinu o te whenua. I tenei wa hoki kaha ana te haerere a te tangata i te mata o te whenua, a kaha ana hoki te mahi hoko atu hoko mai. Te Puawaitanga [1500-1769 A.D.] ! I tenei wa i-piki ake te kaute tangata ki te kotahi mano, a ko nga mahinga mo te oranga o te tangata € mau tonu ana ki nga mahinga mara hi ika hoki. Ana ano i kitea i konei te otinga o te nuinga o nga pa whawhai a te Maori. Ko te noho huihui a te Maori he noho whanau a ko te kaute mo tenei noho he rima ki te tekau tangata. Mo te ahua o te noho hapu ka huia nga tangata noho mai i tetekau ki te kotahi rau. Ahakoa koi nei te momo noho a te Maori i nga wa pai tera puta ake he ahuatanga hei whakarereke. Te Huringa {1769-1830 A.D.} Ko tenei te wa i heke iho ai a Te Atiawa me Ngati Toa ki te Whanganui a Tara kia tarea te whakahaere o te hoko atu hoko mai ki te Pakeha ki nga takiwa i Kapiti, Paremata me[...] |
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| A Guide to Wellington's Maori History / Nga korero mua o Te Upoko o Te Ika | |
| Tipene O'Regan | |
A Guide to Wellington's Maori History / Nga korero mua o Te Upoko o Te Ika. Wellington City Libraries, accessed 10/04/2026, https://wellington.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/9750