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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 ...
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.
3.4 Web Resources. The stories and legends, or pūrākau, of Te Tau Ihu tell of significant events in the history of the region. Some are Polynesia-wide legends, including creation myths, adapted to local landscapes; others are parables to identify or protect valuable resources, or sagas which glorify human qualities prized by M ā ori.
E ngā mōrehu pakiaka ora o te whenua (the surviving roots of the land), Ngāti Kuia are one of the largest and oldest iwi of Te Tau Ihu in Te Waipounamu (the South Island). Ngāti Kuia tradition states that their founding tupuna Matua Hautere, a descendant of Kupe, came to Te Waipounamu in his waka Te Hoiere , guided by the kaitiaki (tribal guardian) Kaikaiawaro.
Te Tau Ihu Māori are a group of Māori iwi in the upper South Island of New Zealand. It includes Ngāti Kuia , Rangitāne , Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri and Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō (from the Kurahaupō canoe), Ngāti Koata , Ngāti Rārua and Ngāti Toa (from the Tainui canoe), and Ngāti Tama and Te Atiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui (from the Tokomaru canoe of Taranaki ).
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Jan 24, 2020 · The Tauihu is a physical representation of the whakapapa recorded by our ancestors during the nineteenth-century. Our female tupuna, Hinepango, Ruamate, and Hinerewha are all present. Another important tupuna depicted in the Tauihu is Te Heiwi. Like T ūkauā e, she is a unifying figure, bringing together the multitudes of Rangit ā ne whanau.
