Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki
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Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki is a Māori tribe that is based in the area around Clevedon, part of the Auckland region. It is one of the twelve members of the Hauraki Collective of tribes.
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Tara Te Irirangi
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Tara Te Irirangi also known as Te Tara ki Moehau or Ōtara Te Irirangi, was paramount chief of Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki or Ngāti Tai, a Māori tribe of the eastern Auckland region of New Zealand, encompassing
Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki
…Maungarei, as well as Clevedon, Maraetai and Howick. Te Irirangi Drive, a major highway in Manukau City, is named after one of their rangatira (chiefs), Tara Te Irirangi. Ngāi Tai has a marae at Umupuia Beach, between Maraetai and Clevedon. They also use the Ngāti Tamaoho marae at Karaka…
Portrait of Tara Te Irirangi, drawn by George French Angus, from the 1840s