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Story: Te Tau Ihu tribes. Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka-a-Māui is the prow of the demigod Māui’s canoe – the top of the South Island. Many different iwi (tribes) have migrated to these fertile, mineral-rich lands: the elusive ‘fairy folk’ of ancient times; the descendants of the navigator Kupe; and powerful Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri, who ruled for ...
Marae of Te Tau Ihu and Kakati. There are nine meeting houses for the people of Te Tau Ihu/ Top of the South: Whakatū Marae in Nelson - when this Marae was being built in the 1970s, it was recognised that it needed to embrace, in some way, the kaupapa, kawa and tikanga of the six iwi of Whakatū, or Nelson City: Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Rārua, Ngāti Tama, Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Koata, and Ngāti Toa ...
Tainui tribes from Kawhia and north Taranaki tribes formed an alliance led by Te Rauparaha of Ng ā ti Toa to Te Tau Ihu c. 1828 – 1832 after conquering much of the southern North Island. Armed with musketry and cannon, and sometimes transported in whaling vessels, this alliance conquered the Te Tau Ihu tribes and made devastating raids into east and west strongholds of Ng ā i Tahu.
Between 1828 and 1832, war parties conquered Te Tau Ihu (Nelson-Marlborough), and as far south as Kaiapoi and Okarito. Iwi subsequently agreed on the division of lands. Toa and some Rarua occupied the Wairau, Port Underwood, and northern Kaikoura Coast. Atiawa spread throughout Queen Charlotte Sound and Tory Channel.
Between 1828 and 1832, war parties conquered Te Tau Ihu (Nelson-Marlborough), and as far south as Kaiapoi and Okarito. Iwi subsequently agreed on the division of lands.
An unsuccessful counter-attack against the Kāwhia–Taranaki tribes was mounted by South Island relatives of tribes displaced in the southern North Island, and there were threats from other South Island chiefs. Te Rauparaha then led a series of incursions into Nelson–Marlborough, which was also conquered and secured by the northern alliance.
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Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka-a-Māui is the prow of the demigod Māui’s canoe – the top of the South Island. Many different iwi (tribes) have migrated to these fertile, mineral-rich lands: the elusive ‘fairy folk’ of ancient times; the descendants of the navigator Kupe; and powerful Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri, who ruled for 200 years.
