Ruatāhuna is a small town in the remote country of Te Urewera, in the northeast of New Zealand's North Island. It is 90 kilometres directly west of Gisborne...
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centres of population in the small mountain valleys of Ahikereru and Ruatāhuna, with Maungapohatu, the inner sanctum of the Urewera, as their sacred...
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iwi of Lake Taupō. The war was sparked by “the seen face of Taihakoa in Ruatahuna,” an incident in which a Tūwharatoa rangatira intervened in a conflict...
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Prince Tui Teka (category People from Ruatahuna)
Volcanics Showband before having a successful solo career. Teka was born in Ruatāhuna, New Zealand near Te Urewera. His parents were both musicians, and he...
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Rua kūmara, traditional sweet potato storages, in Ruatahuna, New Zealand (pictured in the 1930s)...
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in Ruatoki, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. He was raised in Ruatoki and Ruatāhuna and spent most of his life in Ruatoki. His descendants are called Ngāti...
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international stage as an expert in indigenous knowledge. Pere was born in Ruatahuna in the Bay of Plenty on 25 July 1937. For her first seven years she lived...
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some of Te Whenuanui's work included the house Te Whai-a-te-motu at Ruatahuna, made to symbolise the hardships Tūhoe had faced during the New Zealand...
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painted in black, pink and white. Construction of Te Whai-a-te-Motu at Ruatāhuna began in 1870, and was eventually completed in 1888. The third, Te Tokanganui-a-Noho...
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refer to: Tīpapa marae at Murupara, New Zealand Kākānui (Tīpapa) marae at Ruatāhuna, New Zealand This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the...
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Aniwaniwa) is not designated a state highway and instead holds the names Ruatahuna Road and Waikaremoana Road. The administration of this middle section...
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Stretching approximately 95 kilometres (59 mi) from its source near Ruatāhuna in the Te Urewera area to its mouth at the town of Whakatāne, the river...
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Makurata Paitini (category People from Ruatahuna)
Waiohine (c. 1830 - 1935), was a New Zealand Māori weaver. She was from Ruatahuna and a member of the Ngāi Tūhoe iwi. She also served as an informant to...
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church, and farmer, of New Zealand. Takurua was born at Kohimarama, near Ruatāhuna, Te Urewera, New Zealand, in about 1871. He was a son of Tamarau Waiari...
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the Mataatua Reserve in Whakatāne. Three wharenui (meeting houses), at Ruatāhuna, Whakatāne and Rotorua, are named after the Mātaatua canoe. List of Māori...
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Ōpōtiki, and East Cape, and the other through the centre of the island via Ruatahuna and Wairoa. The emissaries were instructed to proceed peaceably and obtain...
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for her work in culture and entertainment. He grew up in Rotorua and in Ruatahuna near Waikaremoana. He attended a "native school" in the Urewera before...
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Mihi-ki-te-kapua (category People from Ruatahuna)
greatest waiata composers from Ngati Ruapani and Tuhoe iwi. She was born in Ruatahuna, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. For much of her life, Mihi-ki-te-kapua lived...
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in English and in the language of te reo Māori of the Tuhoe people of Ruatahuna. In te reo Māori, Tuakiri Huna means: “Tua: Beyond, on the other side...
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Kereopa, who had a bounty of £1,000 for his capture, was hiding near Ruatahuna. Major Ropata Wahawaha led a Ngāti Porou party there and Tūhoe handed...
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Whitmore planned an invasion using three separate columns, all targeting Ruatāhuna, the expected centre of resistance. The first column was to start from...
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valley, where the settlements of Minginui and Te Whaiti are, and the Ruatāhuna valley. In the north, towards Whakatāne and the coast, are lowland areas...
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sent troops to the Bay of Plenty. He lived in secret in the hamlet of Ruatahuna for five years. After the fall of the Tūhoe state in 1871, he was captured...
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Tawhiuau Murupara Te Ika Whenua 1995 Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Huiarau Ruatahuna Maungapohatu 1995 Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Matahi Waimana 1995 Te Kura...
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karanga. Sports events include rugby and netball. In 2016 Ruatoki and Ruatahuna were in the rugby finals and Ruatoki was the winning team, and Te Hono...
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tuberculosis at the age of 22. He was raised at Waikaremoana, Waimārama and Ruatāhuna, and affiliates to Ngāi Tūhoe and Ngāti Kahungunu. His biological father...
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Committee of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand sent her to work in Ruatāhuna. She was described as carrying out the services of a dentist, lawyer,...
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Tawhiuau 1–13 Coed Murupara State 1 76 [101] 463 TKKM o Huiarau 1–13 Coed Ruatāhuna State 1 82 - 1748 TKKM o Te Orini ki Ngati Awa 1-8 Coed Coastlands State...
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well under way to add the rest of the Crown land in Te Urewera north of Ruatāhuna. This proposal was formalised in November 1957, when an additional 1,350 km2...
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and Nathaniel Lees, and was shot in the Ngai Tuhoe Māori community of Ruatahuna in the central North Island of New Zealand. Brunning and theatre maker...
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