Ngāti Whātua Explained

Iwi Name:Ngāti Whātua
Map:NgatiWhatua.png
Iwi Location:Northland and Auckland
Waka:Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi

Ngāti Whātua is a Māori iwi (tribe) of the lower Northland Peninsula of New Zealand's North Island.[1] It comprises a confederation of four hapū (subtribes) interconnected both by ancestry and by association over time: Te Uri-o-Hau, Te Roroa, Te Taoū, and Ngāti Whātua-o-Ōrākei. The four hapū can act together or separately as independent tribes.[2] [3] [4]

Ngāti Whātua's territory or rohe is traditionally expressed as, "Tāmaki ki Maunganui i te Tai Hauauru" and "Tāmaki ki Manaia i te Rawhiti". The northern boundary is expressed as, "Manaia titiro ki Whatitiri, Whatitiri titiro ki Tutamoe, Tutamoe titiro ki Maunganui". The southern boundary is expressed as, "Te awa o Tāmaki". The area runs from Tāmaki River in the south to Maunganui Bluff (at the northern end of Aranga Beach on the west coast) in the north, and to Whangarei Harbour on the east coast. By the time of European settlement in New Zealand, Ngāti Whātua's territory was around the Kaipara Harbour and stretching south to Maori: Tāmaki Makaurau, the site of present-day Auckland.[2]

History

Ngāti Whātua descends from the ancestor Tuputupuwhenua (also known as Tumutumuwhenua). The iwi traces its arrival in New Zealand to the Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi canoe, which landed north of the Kaipara Harbour. They also descend from ancestors who migrated from Muriwhenua in the Far North and intermarried with the tribes in Ngāti Whātua's territory.[5] By the 16th and 17th century, Ngāti Whātua had become established around the Kaipara Harbour.[6]

Rivalry with Ngāpuhi escalated in the early 19th century when Ngāpuhi acquired muskets. Ngāpuhi attacked Ngāti Whātua in 1807 or 1808 in the battle of Moremonui north of Dargaville – probably the occasion of the first use of firearms in Māori warfare. Ngāti Whātua overcame the Ngāpuhi warriors with hand weapons while Ngāpuhi were reloading their muskets, winning a decisive victory over the attackers. Ngāpuhi, led by Hongi Hika, exacted revenge in 1825 when they defeated Ngāti Whātua in the battle of Te Ika a Ranganui near Kaiwaka.

On 20 March 1840 in the Manukau Harbour area where Ngāti Whātua farmed, paramount chief Apihai Te Kawau signed Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the Treaty of Waitangi.[7] Ngāti Whātua sought British protection from Ngāpuhi as well as a reciprocal relationship with the Crown and the Church. Soon after signing the Treaty, Te Kawau offered land on the Waitematā Harbour to William Hobson, the new Governor of New Zealand, for his new capital.[8] [9] [10] Hobson took up the offer and moved the capital of New Zealand to Maori: Tāmaki Makaurau, naming the settlement Auckland.

Ngāti Whātua came to national prominence in the 1970s in a dispute over vacant land at Bastion Point, a little way east of the Auckland city centre, adjoining the suburb of Ōrākei. The land, which the New Zealand government had acquired cheaply for public works many decades before, largely reverted to the tribe after a long occupation and passive resistance.[11] [12]

Governance

Te Runanga o Ngāti Whātua has a mandate, recognised by the New Zealand Government, to negotiate Treaty of Waitangi settlements for Ngāti Whatua. It is also a mandated iwi organisation under the Māori Fisheries Act, and an Iwi Aquaculture Organisation in the Māori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act. It represents Ngāti Whatua as an iwi authority under the Resource Management Act and is a Tūhono organisation.

The Runanga is a Māori Trust Board governed by 11 trustees from 5 takiwā or districts: 1 trustee from Ōrākei, 2 from South Kaipara, 3 from Otamatea, 1 from Whangarei and 4 from Northern Wairoa. As of 2022, the co-chairpersons of the trust are Allan Pivac and Dame Rangimarie Naida Glavish DNZM. JP, the Manahautū is Alan Riwaka, and the trust is based in Whangarei.[13]

The iwi has interest in the territory of Northland Regional Council, Auckland Council, Kaipara District Council and Whangarei District Council.

Hapū and marae

Northern Wairoa

Whangarei

The Whangarei district has four hapū (sub-tribes):

Ōrākei

Radio station

Ake 1179 is the official radio station of Ngāti Whātua, but is not officially part of the iwi radio network.[14] It broadcasts on in Auckland, and features a combination of urban contemporary music and traditional storytelling.[15]

Notable people

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rohe. tkm.govt.nz. Te Puni Kōkiri, New Zealand Government. 2 March 2016.
  2. Web site: Te rohe o Ngāti Whātua: our area . Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua . 24 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150524022845/http://www.ngatiwhatua.iwi.nz/mana-ngati-whatua/rohe . 24 May 2015 .
  3. Encyclopedia: Ngāti Whātua – Origins . Rāwiri . Taonui . Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . 22 September 2012 . 24 May 2015.
  4. Web site: Taonga . New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu . Ngāti Whātua . 2022-09-03 . teara.govt.nz . en.
  5. Encyclopedia: Ngāti Whātua – Origins . Rāwiri . Taonui . Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . 22 September 2012 . 24 May 2015.
  6. Land and Identity in Tāmaki: a Ngāti Whātua Perspective . Hugh . Kāwharu . Hugh Kāwharu . Hillary Lecture . Auckland, New Zealand . . 2001 . 26 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20211102043426/https://tekakano.aucklandmuseum.com/images/common/landandidentitylecturenotes.pdf . 2 November 2021.
  7. Web site: Signing the Treaty in Manukau in 1840. Auckland Council. 24 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160604091149/http://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/EN/heritage/localhistory/countiesmanukau/maorihistory/Pages/signingthetreatyinManukau.aspx. 4 June 2016.
  8. Web site: Āpihai Te Kawau. Research and Publishing Group of the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 3 August 2019.
  9. Web site: Apihai Te Kawau. Ngāti Whātua-o-Ōrākei. 11 August 2019.
  10. Web site: Cultural Values Assessment in Support of the Notices of Requirement for the Proposed City Rail Link Project . Auckland Transport. 11 August 2019.
  11. Web site: Bastion Point – The Untold Story. nzonscreen.com. NZ On Screen. 16 September 2016. Documentary. 1999.
  12. Encyclopedia: Police cordon, Bastion Point . Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal . Royal . Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal . Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . 11 July 2013 . 24 May 2015.
  13. Web site: Ngati Whatua. ngatiwhatua.iwi.nz. Ngāti Whatua . 16 September 2016.
  14. Web site: Listen Online. Irirangi. Te Whakaruruhau o Nga Reo Irirangi Māori. 28 April 2015.
  15. Web site: Ake 1179 . Te Rūnanga Ngāti Whātua. Ngāti Whātua. 14 June 2015. }

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