Porou-Ariki and Tahu-Matua |
KAHUNGUNU
Ira-a-Tahu is another son of Tahu who settles around Turanga. He has Iraroa, who marries Tokerau-Wahine (granddaughter of Porou). Iraroa and Tokerau-Wahine had a daughter called Iwipupu who marries Tamatea-Pokaiwhenua of Takitimu. Together they have Kahungunu, who thus inherits Tahu whakapapa. Obviously that whakapapa passes to his uri like Kahukuranui, Tauhei, Tamatea-Koata, Mahaki, Rakaihikuroa, Rakaipaaka, Hinemanuhiri, Tarakiuta and Tarakitai. All make meaningful contributions to the history of Turanga. If indeed connections to an ancestor are any measure, then let us be measured by Apirana Ngata who makes the following observation in his Rauru Lectures…
Ngati Porou can claim descent from seven out of ten of Kahungunu's children, while the Ngai Tamanuhiri, Rongowhakaata and Te Aitanga a Mahaki of Gisborne are able, so I am informed, to claim from all of them. Yet the tribal name Ngati Kahungunu has as among the East Coast tribes restricted application. It was established in the Wairoa district through Rakaipaaka and Hinemanuhiri, the children of Kahungunu's eldest son Kahukuranui, by his second wife Tuteihonga. In Hawkes Bay the name followed in the wake of Rakaihikuroa and his sons and grandson. Thence by sundry migrations and intermarriages the name extended until it superseded other tribal appellations in the territory south of Hawkes Bay.
Ira-a-Tahu is another son of Tahu who settles around Turanga. He has Iraroa, who marries Tokerau-Wahine (granddaughter of Porou). Iraroa and Tokerau-Wahine had a daughter called Iwipupu who marries Tamatea-Pokaiwhenua of Takitimu. Together they have Kahungunu, who thus inherits Tahu whakapapa. Obviously that whakapapa passes to his uri like Kahukuranui, Tauhei, Tamatea-Koata, Mahaki, Rakaihikuroa, Rakaipaaka, Hinemanuhiri, Tarakiuta and Tarakitai. All make meaningful contributions to the history of Turanga. If indeed connections to an ancestor are any measure, then let us be measured by Apirana Ngata who makes the following observation in his Rauru Lectures…
Ngati Porou can claim descent from seven out of ten of Kahungunu's children, while the Ngai Tamanuhiri, Rongowhakaata and Te Aitanga a Mahaki of Gisborne are able, so I am informed, to claim from all of them. Yet the tribal name Ngati Kahungunu has as among the East Coast tribes restricted application. It was established in the Wairoa district through Rakaipaaka and Hinemanuhiri, the children of Kahungunu's eldest son Kahukuranui, by his second wife Tuteihonga. In Hawkes Bay the name followed in the wake of Rakaihikuroa and his sons and grandson. Thence by sundry migrations and intermarriages the name extended until it superseded other tribal appellations in the territory south of Hawkes Bay.
Whakapapa to Kahungunu from Paikea-Ariki |
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