Marutūāhu
| Marutūāhu | |
|---|---|
Māoridom | |
 Satellite photograph of the Hauraki Gulf and Coromandel Peninsula | |
| Rohe (region) | Hauraki Gulf, Hauraki Plains, Coromandel Peninsula |
| Waka (canoe) | Tainui |
Marutūāhu (also spelled, Marutūahu or Marutuahu) is a confederation of
The Marutūāhu tribes are descended from Marutūāhu, a son of Hotunui. Ngāti Maru tradition says that Hotunui arrived in New Zealand on the Tainui canoe around 1300,[2] but Pei Te Hurinui Jones reports that he was the son of Uenuku-te-rangi-hōkā, son of Whatihua and thus a fifteen-generation descendant of the captain of Tainui canoe, Hoturoa. In this case, he would have lived at the end of the sixteenth century.[3] Either way, the Marutūāhu tribes are therefore part of the Tainui group of tribes. They are also part of the Hauraki collective of tribes.[4]
Marutūāhu married two sisters, Hineurunga and Paremoehau, and had five sons:
- Tamatepō, ancestor of Ngāti Rongoū
- Tamaterā, ancestor of Ngāti Tamaterā
- Whanaunga, ancestor of Ngāti Whanaunga
- Te Ngako, ancestor of Ngāti Maru
- Tāurukapakapa, ancestor of the Ngāti Te Aute hapū
Paremoehau was mother of the older three sons, while Hineurunga was the mother of Te Ngako and Tāurukapakapa. Although Te Ngako and Tāurukapakapa were younger than their half-brothers, Hineurunga was the tuakana (eldest sister), which gave Te Ngako the
Family
By Paremoehau, Marutūāhu had three sons: [1]
- Tamatepō, who married Rangiuru, and had twins:
- Rauakitua, father of Rongomai, who was the ancestor of Ngāti Rongoū
- Rauakitai, father of Mohoao.
- Tamaterā, who first married Tūmorewhitia, then Ruawehea, a puhi of Ngāti Hako, and finally, Hineurunga, his step-mother. His children were: [2]
- Pūtahi (also known as Pūtahi-nui-o-Rehua)
- Pareterā
- Taharua, ancestor of the Ngāti Taharua hapū of Paeroa
- Taiuru
- Te Hīhī
- Te Aokuranahe
- Whanaunga, who first married Heitawhiri and then Paretaru [3]. His children were:
- Karaua, ancestor of the Ngāti Karaua hapū
- Iwituha (also known as Iwituahu), ancestor of a multitude of Ngāti Whanaunga hapū
By Hineurunga, he had:
- Te Ngako, who married Pareterā, and had
- Kahurautao, father of Rautao, who was a famous Ngāti Maru warrior and strategist
- Naunau, father of Tarawaikato and Te Ngaiea, and ancestor of the Ngāti Naunau hapū
- Tāurukapakapa, who married Waenganui, a descendant of Takakōpiri, an ariki of Waitaha-nui-a-Hei, and had
- Hikataheroa, who through his grandson Kuaka, became the ancestor of the Ngāti Te Aute hapū
Sources
A Tainui account of Marutūāhu is recorded by Pei Te Hurinui Jones but, unusually, he does not report his source. It also appears in
See also
- List of Māori iwi
Footnotes
- ^ Royal, Te Ahukaramū Charles (2 September 2011). "Marutūahu tribes". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d "History". Ngati Maru. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ^ Jones & Biggs 2004, pp. 102–103.
- ^ "About". Hauraki Collective. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ a b Jones & Biggs 2004, pp. 102 n. 1.
Bibliography
- Jones, Pei Te Hurinui; Biggs, Bruce (2004). Ngā iwi o Tainui : nga koorero tuku iho a nga tuupuna = The traditional history of the Tainui people. Auckland [N.Z.]: Auckland University Press. ISBN 1869403312.