Kahungunu wives. Just before she gave birth to thei...
Kahungunu wives. Just before she gave birth to their daughter, Kahungunu obtained some young tīeke (saddleback birds) as a special delicacy for his wife. Kahungunu’s wife Ruareretai was a high-born woman of Tūranga. Apr 28, 2011 · Kahungunu was renowned as a lover rather than a fighter, and this map shows the places at which he took wives and had children. The battle at Maungakahia pa, on the Mahia peninsula against Tutamure, led to the marriage of Kahungunu and Rongomai wahine’s daughter Tauheikuri to Tamataipunoa. Jun 8, 2025 · His principal wife, Iwirau, was the mother of Kahungunu, the eponymous ancestor of the Ngati Kahungunu; his other wife, Mahakiroa, was the mother of four sons, including Apa, the eponymous ancestor of the Ngati Apa. Ngāti Kahungunu is the third largest tribal group in New Zealand. [3][4] Through his father, he was a descendant of Rākei-hikuroa by his wife Pāpāuma; Kahungunu; Tamatea Arikinui, the captain of the Tākitimu canoe; and the early explorer Toi. About this item Title A black and white diagram showing the wives and children of Kahungunu Content partner Victoria University of Wellington Collection New Zealand Electronic Text Collection Description Takitimu - Chapter Ten — The Story of Kahungunu Format Image Creator Tiaki Hikawera Mitira URL Kahungunu soon tired of the sedentary life of Popoia and, being the itinerant traveller he was, moved firstly to Whare-ongaonga, where he married Hine-pū-ariari, then her sister, Kahukura-wai-araia, and then to Te Māhia. The Carnell Collection of photographs he found comprised 260 photographs of Kahungunu tipuna, of which only 20 were identified. Tradition particularly dwells on his courtship of Rongomai-wahine, which culminated in the murder of her husband Tama-taku-tai. [2] Through his father, he was a direct descendant of Tamatea Arikinui, captain of the Tākitimu Handsome and hard-working, the influential leader Kahungunu supervised building, irrigation, carving and canoe-making. The original concept for this exhibition was developed by the National Library with Ngati Kahungunu kaumatua, the late Tohara (Charlie) Mohi in 1998. Rongomaiwahine, therefore, became the famous mother of this area of the Ngati-Kahungunu people. The story of Kahungunu and Rongomaiwahine’s romance has been told many times. He was born at Nukutaurua on Mahia Peninsula and was the only one of their children to receive a whare-kōhanga ("nest house"), a building specially erected for the mother to give birth in. There he married a number of women and had numerous offspring. In an attempt to impress her people, he gathered enormous quantities of fern root, tied them into bundles with vines, and rolled . Kahungunu’s many descendants – the people of Ngāti Kahungunu – also formed strategic marriages, creating a network of alliances from Gisborne to So Kahungunu claimed Rongomaiwahine as his wife Over the main entrance and doorway of the Kahungunu meeting house at Nuhaka one can see the female figure of Rongomaiwahine, representing the origin of life of the tribe. Kahungunu had heard reports of Rongomaiwahine’s beauty and high birth, but when he arrived at Nukutaurua, on the Māhia Peninsula, he found that she was already married to Tamatakutai. Although it is generally referred to as an iwi (tribe), like a number of other iwi it is perhaps more correct to consider Ngāti Kahungunu a grouping of tribes and hapū(sub tribes), all of whom are descendants of Kahungunu. Many important links within Ngati Kahungunu have been forged through Kahungunu and his wives and their children. Mom u ES VISUAL ART NGA MAHI TOI Dramatise story- simple version Characters- Kahungunu, five wives, his students that he taught to -carve and weave using flax, pumice, paper -hunting, fishing -oratory- group of speakers -how to lay out villages -irrigation and drainage SOCIAL ARTS- Waiata Learn song Rongomaiwahine Stick games Poi This map shows the places where Kahungunu, the eponymous ancestor of Ngāti Kahungunu, married his wives and had children. Kahungunu’s many descendants – the people of Ngāti Kahungunu – also formed strategic marriages, creating a network of alliances from Gisborne to Kahungunu was totally besotted with her and schemed to win her affections, despite the fact that Rongomaiwahine was not only married to Tamatakutai but was also a loyal wife. Afterwards, he settled at Maunga-a-kāhia on Māhia Peninsula. The Kahungunu iwi is based in Hawkes Bay and the Wairarapa. Because of his many marriages, whakapapa links back to Kahungunu are more complex than the links to distant ancestors usually seen in other tribal whakapapa. The three main tribal divisions are: 1. During his life he married nine women, and his courtship of the beautiful Rongomaiwahine at Māhia Peninsula is legendary. Te Whatuiāpiti was the son of Te Hikawera (I) and Hinetemoa. Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wa When Kahungunu was born in 1450, in Northland, New Zealand, his father, Tamatea Pokai Whenua, was 50 and his mother, Iwi Pupu Te Kura, was 31. Handsome and hard-working, the influential leader Kahungunu supervised building, irrigation, carving and canoe-making. He married Rongomaiwahine about 1470, in Māhia, Wairoa, New Zealand. [5] Hinetemoa was a granddaughter of Ngarengare, the ancestor of Ngāti Ngarengare, a hapū of Ngāti Kahungunu based in Wairoa District, [6] who had The story of Kahungunu and Rongomaiwahine’s romance has been told many times. 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