Te Ākitai Waiohua

Te Ākitai Waiohua is a Māori iwi of the southern part of the Auckland Region of New Zealand.

Te Ākitai Waiohua
Iwi (tribe) in Māoridom
Māngere Bridge suburb

History

Te Ākitai Waiohua are descended from Kiwi Tāmaki, the grandson of Huakaiwaka, himself the ancestor of the Waiohua iwi, who lived in Tāmaki (the Auckland isthmus).[1] The name Te Ākitai commemorates Kiwi Tāmaki's uncle Huatau, who, in the early 18th century, died at sea in the Manukau Harbour and whose body was dashed up (āki) by the sea (tai) on Puketutu Island.[2]

Kiwi Tāmaki was killed in battle with Te Taoū hapū (sub-tribe) of Ngāti Whātua in the mid-18th century. Ngāti Whātua settled in Tāmaki and the Waiohua retreated to Drury, Pōkeno, Kirikiri/Papakura, Ramarama and other parts of South Auckland. In the 1780s Te Ākitai Waiohua re-established settlements at Wiri, Pūkaki and Otahuhu.[1] Kiwi Tāmaki had a surviving son named Rangimatoru,[3] who lived in South Auckland with Ngā Oho, a hapū of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei formed by intermarriages between Ngāti Whātua and Waiohua people.[4] He died circa 1793, fighting alongside Ngāti Whatua in a war with Hauraki Gulf-based iwi Ngāti Pāoa, and was succeeded by his son Pepene te Tihi.[5][4]

In the 1820s Ngāpuhi of Northland acquired muskets and attacked Tāmaki, leading the local tribes to retreat to the Waikato. In 1835 the tribes returned and Te Ākitai Waiohua resettled at Pūkaki, Papakura, Pukekiwiriki (near Papakura) and Pōkeno.[1]

Te Ākitai Waiohua became supporters of the Māori King Movement when it arose in the 1850s. By 1861 the chiefs of Te Ākitai Waiohua were Pepene Te Tihi, grandson of Kiwi Tāmaki, and his son Ihaka Wirihana Takaanini. They lived at Pūkaki, Māngere and Ramarama. Before the invasion of the Waikato by the colonial government, Ihaka Takaanini was accused of being a rebel. Tribal land at Māngere was confiscated and Pepene Te Tihi, Ihaka, his wife and three children were arrested. Pepene, Ihaka and two of the children died in custody in 1863–1864. The surviving child, Te Wirihana Takaanini, became the chief of Te Ākitai Waiohua.[1]

Marae

The iwi's principal marae is Pūkaki Marae, which is in a rural area just south of the suburb of Māngere on the Waokauri Creek, an inlet of the Manukau Harbour.[6][7] They are also associated with Makaurau marae at Ihumatao, just south-west of Māngere.[8]

Notable people

See also

References
  1. Te Ākitai Waiohua (2015). "Cultural impact assessment by Te Ākitai Waiohua for Bremner Road Drury Special Housing Area" (PDF). Retrieved 10 August 2019 – via Auckland Council.
  2. Fairfield, F. G. (1938). "Puketutu pa on Weekes' Island, Manukau Harbour". Journal of the Polynesian Society. 47 (187): 125. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  3. New Zealand Government; Te Ākitai Waiohua (12 November 2021). "Te Ākitai Waiohua and Te Ākitai Waiohua Settlement Trust and the Crown: Deed of Settlement of Historical Claims" (PDF). Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  4. Ballara, Angela (2003). "Tāmaki-makau-rau (Auckland isthmus)". Taua: 'musket wars', 'land wars' or tikanga?: warfare in Maori society in the early nineteenth century. Auckland: Penguin. pp. 206–234. ISBN 9780143018896.
  5. Ngāti Te Ata Waiohua (December 2012). "Redoubt Road – Mill Road Corridor Project - Appendix I - Maori Values Assessment" (PDF). Auckland Council. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  6. "Te Ākitai Waiohua". Te Kāhui Māngai. Te Puni Kōkiri. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  7. "Pūkaki". Māori Maps. Te Potiki National Trust. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  8. "Makaurau". Māori Maps. Te Potiki National Trust. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
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