• Thumbnail for Te Whānau-ā-Apanui
    Te Whānau-ā-Apanui is a Māori iwi (tribe) located in the eastern Bay of Plenty and East Coast regions of New Zealand's North Island. In 2006, the iwi...
    13 KB (1,374 words) - 21:24, 4 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ngāti Porou
    joined forces with Te Wera’s Ngāpuhi and Te Kani-a-Takirau’s Rongowhakaata to attack Te Whānau-ā-Apanui at Te Kaha Point’s formidable Toka a Kuku pā. After...
    24 KB (2,053 words) - 00:02, 20 September 2024
  • Zealand. He is remembered as a great warrior. In his youth, he was responsible for a decisive victory over Te Whānau-ā-Apanui at the Battle of Whāwhāpō....
    15 KB (2,412 words) - 23:50, 1 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Taika Waititi
    Taika Waititi (category Te Whānau-ā-Apanui people)
    Raukokore, a small town in the Bay of Plenty. His father was an artist of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui descent, while his mother, Robin Cohen, was a schoolteacher...
    82 KB (5,888 words) - 20:39, 23 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Rawiri Waititi
    Rawiri Waititi (category Te Whānau-ā-Apanui people)
    iwi but has firm links to Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and Ngāti Porou. An advocate of progressive political policies, Waititi is a fluent Māori speaker, and is...
    41 KB (3,335 words) - 05:00, 15 December 2024
  • Ngāti Awa, Te Whakatōhea, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāpuhi, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Pūkenga. The Mātaatua waka likely arrived in Aotearoa more than a century after...
    4 KB (425 words) - 23:42, 15 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Omaio
    signing of a Treaty of Waitangi settlement agreement between Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and the Crown. The settlement has three marae of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui. Ōmāio...
    7 KB (438 words) - 02:17, 9 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tūheitia
    Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII GCCT KStJ KCLJ (born Tūheitia Paki; 21 April 1955 – 30 August 2024), crowned as Kīngi Tūheitia, reigned as the Māori...
    51 KB (4,157 words) - 12:30, 7 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Te Matatini
    pg. 8. Radio New Zealand (25 February 2023). "Te Whānau-a-Apanui take Te Matatini kapa haka title". Te Matatini Society Incorporated. (2024). Regions...
    11 KB (623 words) - 05:15, 23 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ngāti Kahungunu
    eighteenth century, their children, led by Te Kahu-o-te-rangi and Te-O-Tane, won a crushing victory over Te Whānau-ā-Apanui at the Battle of Whāwhāpō. After this...
    46 KB (4,274 words) - 11:02, 18 November 2024
  • successfully took revenge on Te Whānau-ā-Apanui for earlier attacks, but in this fight he was outshone by his cousin Te-O-Tane, which led to a long conflict between...
    12 KB (1,809 words) - 13:51, 3 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Willie Apiata
    Willie Apiata (category Te Whānau-ā-Apanui people)
    Ngāpuhi iwi (tribe) through his father, but also has a very strong affiliation to Te Whānau-ā-Apanui from his time in the eastern Bay of Plenty. Apiata's...
    17 KB (1,735 words) - 01:49, 16 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Te Kaha
    area) of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui. It has four marae, affiliated with local hapū: Te Kaha Marae and Tūkākī meeting house, is affiliated with Te Whānau a Te Ēhutu...
    9 KB (662 words) - 06:36, 4 October 2024
  • Waititi Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Rongowhakaata 2023 Mr G (Graeme Hoete), Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Awa 2022 Rob Ruha, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāti Porou...
    15 KB (1,494 words) - 03:42, 10 December 2024
  • Tuariki Delamere (category Te Whānau-ā-Apanui people)
    include Whakatohea, Te Arawa and Te Whanau-a-Apanui. Delamere adopted the name Tuariki, his father's name, in 1997 after he was appointed as a Cabinet minister...
    23 KB (2,107 words) - 06:15, 6 December 2024
  • the Chatham Islands, Honolulu, 1923. K. R. Howe. Ideas of Māori origins, Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 28 October 2008. Thomson, Arthur...
    33 KB (374 words) - 18:15, 25 November 2024
  • first wife, Te Rangitohumare, settled with him at Wairoa. Te Huki was attacked, killed, and eaten by Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, while crossing the Te Arai River...
    5 KB (705 words) - 23:49, 1 April 2024
  • Tweedie Waititi (category Te Whānau-ā-Apanui people)
    known as "Tweedie", was born on 1985 or 1986. She grew up in the Te Whānau-ā-Apanui community of Waihau Bay in the Bay of Plenty. She is the first cousin...
    10 KB (792 words) - 14:34, 20 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu
    of the Tunisian campaign of World War II. A Māori of Ngāti Porou and Te Whānau-ā-Apanui descent, Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa Ngārimu was born on 7 April 1918 in Whareponga...
    12 KB (1,420 words) - 11:00, 22 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Rieko Ioane
    Rieko Ioane (category Te Whānau-ā-Apanui people)
    Retrieved 8 November 2018. "43 Māori athletes to head to Rio Olympics". Te Karere. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016. "Uncapped winger Rieko Ioane...
    29 KB (2,243 words) - 08:12, 24 November 2024
  • Bill Bush (category Te Whānau-ā-Apanui people)
    Board. Bush is a New Zealander of Māori descent (Ngāti Hineuru and Te Whānau-ā-Apanui descent). In October 2022 Bush was engaged to be the bus driver for...
    4 KB (202 words) - 20:50, 27 November 2024
  • At Wharekura near Te Kaha-nui-a-Tiki, the local people, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, attacked Te Wera's force and killed his nephew, Marino. Te Wera avenged his...
    31 KB (4,372 words) - 11:02, 21 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bay of Plenty
    region, including Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Te Whakatōhea, Ngāi Tai, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa ki Kawerau, Te Arawa, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui...
    14 KB (1,305 words) - 13:35, 25 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fanny Howie
    Fanny Howie (redirect from Te Rangi Pai)
    Treaty of Waitangi) and Mereana Tongia, and held high rank in Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Te Whānau-ā-Ruataupare and Ngāti Porou. From her mother, Howie would inherit...
    11 KB (1,197 words) - 05:35, 17 September 2024
  • (tribes) of Ngāti Kahu, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Whātua, Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki and Te Whānau-ā-Apanui. Te Paa's children's book, Kua Whetūrangitia A Koro, was published...
    7 KB (592 words) - 07:25, 6 November 2023
  • and a younger full brother, Te Maaha. Tapuwae's maternal grandfather, Kotore had also been killed in battle, by Apanui, founder of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui. From...
    16 KB (2,149 words) - 16:06, 2 April 2024
  • the marae of six iwi (tribes): Ngāti Porou, Te Aitanga-ā-Hauiti, Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngai Tamanuhiri and Rongowhakaata. In October...
    13 KB (161 words) - 09:04, 19 December 2022
  • Thumbnail for Raukokore
    Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and has two marae affiliated with local hapū. Te Maru o Hinemaka Marae and Pararaki meeting house is affiliated with Te Whānau a Pararaki...
    8 KB (571 words) - 07:25, 4 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ainsley Gardiner
    Ainsley Gardiner (category Te Whānau-ā-Apanui people)
    was a civil servant and politician, Wira Gardiner. When she was about 12 years old the family moved to Whakatāne. Gardiner is of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāti...
    12 KB (856 words) - 05:32, 12 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for June Mariu
    June Mariu (category Te Whānau-ā-Apanui people)
    her father was Manihera Waititi (older brother to Hoani Waititi) of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui at Cape Runaway. Mariu spent her first few years living in Wharekahika...
    17 KB (1,895 words) - 06:29, 21 December 2024