Ngati Kahu
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Ngāti Kahu is a Māori iwi
of Northland, New Zealand
. Ngāti Kahu take their name from their founding ancestress, Kahutianui, and link their ancestry back to the waka
Māmaru. The captain of Māmaru was Te Parata who married Kahutianui.
Ngāti Kahu identify themselves through the following series of markers captured in their iwi (tribal) aphorism:
Ko Maungataniwha te maunga (Maungataniwha is the mountain),
Ko Tokerau te moana (Tokerau is the sea),
Ko Kahutianui te tupuna (Kahutianui is the ancestress),
Ko Te Parata te tangata (Te Parata is the man),
Ko Māmaru te waka (Mamaru is the canoe),
Ko Ngāti Kahu te iwi. (Ngati Kahu is the tribe).
[extract from page 20 of 'Te Whānau Moana - Nga Kaupapa me ngā tikanga - Customs and protoocols' by McCully Matiu and Margaret Mutu. ISBN 0 7900 0839 4 © 2003 Margaret Mutu
. Available from Te Rūnanga-ā-Iwi o Ngāti Kahu @ http://www.ngatikahu.iwi.nz].
McCully Matiu, kaumātua rangatira of Ngāti Kahu until his passing in 2001, provided the following genealogical account of his Ngāti Kahu ancestry: "In the accounts of the descent lines of Ngāti Kahu, Kahutianui married Te Parata and Māmangi was born. Māmangi had Tūkanikani, Tūkanikani had Hāpute. Hāpute had Haiti-tai-marangai. Haiti-tai-marangai had Tūpōia, Mokokohi and Tahuroa. Tahuroa had Hautapu. Hautapu had Wai-puiārangi. Wai-puiārangi married Moroki, and Mohotu was born. Mohotu had Te Ao-ka-waiho. Te Ao ka-waiho had Tūrou. Tūrou had Tangi-kāo. Tangi-kāo married Matahina and Te Rātahi was born. Te Rātahi married Te Ao and Hēnihīkahe was born. Hēni married Te Paekoi and Matiu was born. Matiu married Kiritiana and Reihana was born. Reihana married Hoana and the speaker, McCully Matiu, was born. That completes this descent line" (ibid). All Ngāti Kahu can trace their genealogy back to their founding ancestors.
Ngāti Kahu's inland territories over which they hold authority and power derived from their ancestors, take in the Maungataniwha range and all the lands to the north and east of the range including the settlements with their associated marae of Waiaua, Hīhī, Kēnana, Kohumaru, Aputerewa, Mangōnui, Koekoeā (Coopers beach), Waipapa (Cable Bay), Taipā, Te Āhua, Pēria, Parapara, Aurere, Lake Ōhia, Rangiputa, Whatuwhiwhi, Karikari, Mērita, Kāingaroa, Karepōnia, Oinu, Ōpoka, Ōturu, Kaitāia, Ōkahu, Tangonge, Waipapakauri, Takahue, Pāmapūria, Mangataiore (Victoria Valley) and all areas between. Their sea territories include both Mangōnui and Rangaunu harbours and stretch out to the deep sea as far as Hawaiiki (http://www.ngatikahu.iwi.nz).
Iwi
In New Zealand society, iwi form the largest everyday social units in Māori culture. The word iwi means "'peoples' or 'nations'. In "the work of European writers which treat iwi and hapū as parts of a hierarchical structure", it has been used to mean "tribe" , or confederation of tribes,...
of Northland, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. Ngāti Kahu take their name from their founding ancestress, Kahutianui, and link their ancestry back to the waka
Waka (canoe)
Waka are Māori watercraft, usually canoes ranging in size from small, unornamented canoes used for fishing and river travel, to large decorated war canoes up to long...
Māmaru. The captain of Māmaru was Te Parata who married Kahutianui.
Ngāti Kahu identify themselves through the following series of markers captured in their iwi (tribal) aphorism:
Ko Maungataniwha te maunga (Maungataniwha is the mountain),
Ko Tokerau te moana (Tokerau is the sea),
Ko Kahutianui te tupuna (Kahutianui is the ancestress),
Ko Te Parata te tangata (Te Parata is the man),
Ko Māmaru te waka (Mamaru is the canoe),
Ko Ngāti Kahu te iwi. (Ngati Kahu is the tribe).
[extract from page 20 of 'Te Whānau Moana - Nga Kaupapa me ngā tikanga - Customs and protoocols' by McCully Matiu and Margaret Mutu. ISBN 0 7900 0839 4 © 2003 Margaret Mutu
Margaret Mutu
Professor Margaret Shirley Mutu is a Ngāti Kahu activist, leader and academic from Auckland, New Zealand. Her iwi are Ngāti Kahu, Te Rarawa and Ngāti Whātua....
. Available from Te Rūnanga-ā-Iwi o Ngāti Kahu @ http://www.ngatikahu.iwi.nz].
McCully Matiu, kaumātua rangatira of Ngāti Kahu until his passing in 2001, provided the following genealogical account of his Ngāti Kahu ancestry: "In the accounts of the descent lines of Ngāti Kahu, Kahutianui married Te Parata and Māmangi was born. Māmangi had Tūkanikani, Tūkanikani had Hāpute. Hāpute had Haiti-tai-marangai. Haiti-tai-marangai had Tūpōia, Mokokohi and Tahuroa. Tahuroa had Hautapu. Hautapu had Wai-puiārangi. Wai-puiārangi married Moroki, and Mohotu was born. Mohotu had Te Ao-ka-waiho. Te Ao ka-waiho had Tūrou. Tūrou had Tangi-kāo. Tangi-kāo married Matahina and Te Rātahi was born. Te Rātahi married Te Ao and Hēnihīkahe was born. Hēni married Te Paekoi and Matiu was born. Matiu married Kiritiana and Reihana was born. Reihana married Hoana and the speaker, McCully Matiu, was born. That completes this descent line" (ibid). All Ngāti Kahu can trace their genealogy back to their founding ancestors.
Ngāti Kahu's inland territories over which they hold authority and power derived from their ancestors, take in the Maungataniwha range and all the lands to the north and east of the range including the settlements with their associated marae of Waiaua, Hīhī, Kēnana, Kohumaru, Aputerewa, Mangōnui, Koekoeā (Coopers beach), Waipapa (Cable Bay), Taipā, Te Āhua, Pēria, Parapara, Aurere, Lake Ōhia, Rangiputa, Whatuwhiwhi, Karikari, Mērita, Kāingaroa, Karepōnia, Oinu, Ōpoka, Ōturu, Kaitāia, Ōkahu, Tangonge, Waipapakauri, Takahue, Pāmapūria, Mangataiore (Victoria Valley) and all areas between. Their sea territories include both Mangōnui and Rangaunu harbours and stretch out to the deep sea as far as Hawaiiki (http://www.ngatikahu.iwi.nz).
Prominent people of Ngāti Kahu
- Hector BusbyHector BusbyHector Busby is a Māori navigator and traditional ship builder in New Zealand...
, navigator and wakaWaka (canoe)Waka are Māori watercraft, usually canoes ranging in size from small, unornamented canoes used for fishing and river travel, to large decorated war canoes up to long...
(canoe or ship) builder.