Taketakehikuroa
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Taketakehikuroa was a Māori rangatira of the Tūhourangi iwi in the Te Arawa confederation. He joined in the conquest of Mokoia Island in Lake Rotorua by Te Arawa, but subsequently quarrelled with his
Kurī (Māori dog)
Mokoia Island, painting by Charles Blomfield, 1908
Te Arawa
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Te Arawa is a confederation of Māori iwi and hapū of New Zealand who trace their ancestry to the Arawa migration canoe. The tribes are based in the Rotorua and Bay of Plenty areas and have a populatio
The Te Arawa of Maketu entertain guests.
Maggie Papakura (1873–1930) was a guide, entertainer and ethnographer. Her mother was of the Ngāti Wāhiao hapu of the Tūhourangi tribe of Te Arawa and her father was from England.
Te Papaiouru marae at Ohinemutu, Rotorua, in 1975. It is the home marae of the Ngāti Whakaue subtribes Ngāti Tae-o-Tū and Ngāti Tūnohopū.