Ngāti Huarere
Ngāti Huarere is a Maori iwi. It descends from Huarere, who arrived via the Arawa in the 14th century.[1]
History
The Ngāti Huarere iwi was established by Huarere in the mid to late 14th century, from which time it inhabited the Moehau Range, in the Coromandel Peninsula. Before they took over this area, it was inhabited by descendants of Mokoterea, with whom the Ngāti Huarere intermarried.[1]
12 generations later, the Ngāti Huarere began settling Te Tātua a Riukiuta.[1] They subsumed the Ngāti Riukiuta who already resided there.[2]
Before the Marutūāhu confederation expanded into the Coromandel Peninsula, the Ngati Huarere consisted four main hapu:[1]
- Ngati Pare, residing at Whangapoua.
- Ngati Piri and Ngati Koheri, residing at Manaia harbour.
- Ngati Raukatauri, residing at the coast around Moehau.
At one point, the Ngati Huarere were also described as having a fifth (minor?) hapu, the Ngati Hinu, somewhere along the west coast.[1]
At one point, the Ngāti Huarere waged a war with the
By the middle of the 16th century, after or prior to the Ngāti Huarere-Ngāti Hei conflict (chronology uncertain), Ruamano was a chief of the Ngāti Huarere.
References
- ^ a b c d e f Mikaere, Whaitiri (2000). Ngati Raukatauri, Hapu of Ngati Huarere (PDF).
- ^ Three Kings Heritage Study
- ^ Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu. "Te Arawa peoples". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
- ISSN 0032-4000.
- ^ "Journal of the Polynesian Society: Ngati-huarere. An Account Of The Wars Against Them And Of Their Emigration To The Northern Districts, By George Graham, P 38-43". www.jps.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 2022-12-04.