MURIWAI HEARINGS 2002

These are some pictures from the Hearings almost 10 years ago.

The hearings back in 2002 were awesome and Ngai Tamanuhiri was able to rise to occassion and show the crown and our neighbours that we have a solid grasp of our history. The work the WHAKATIPU AKE group done leading upto the hearings showed the depth of our understanding and all Tamanuhiri can feel very proud about how we represented our ancestral rights.

My name is Warren Neil Karepa Pohatu. I was born in 1961 and I am the youngest child of Mataiata Bartlett Pohatu and Rata Saunders Wyllie. Mataiata is the eldest son of Te Huauri Pohatu and Takotohiwi Bartlett. Rata is the daughter of Tutekawa Wyllie and Hariata Matenga. All four of my grandparents lived in Muriwai and all four have substantial whakapapa to Tamanuhiri, Rongowhakaata, Mahaki, Ruapani, Tahu Potiki, Porou-Ariki and all the subsequent links that that entails. Having analysed my whakapapa and taking into account where I grew up, I state without fear of offending the others that I am first and foremost Ngai Tamanuhiri. My whakapapa is buried here in our urupa. The mana that sustained my whakapapa throughout the fifteen generations since Tamanuhiri’s time was sourced from the land between Kopututea and Paritu. Here is a small sample of that whakapapa:

1600 Tamanuhiri Tamanuhiri Tamanuhiri Tamanuhiri 1625   Tamaraukura Paeaterangi Tamaraukura Paeaterangi 1650 Rangiwaho Puraho Rangiwaho Puraho 1675 Tutekawa Tapunga Tutekawa Tapunga 1700 Kaiariki Tauwhiwhia Mapuna Haerengarangi 1725 Kino Putangimaru Matatangaroa Rangiwahipu 1750 Kahuterua Matuku Whawhaia Kahutiaterangi 1775 Hinekino Te Uhu Tamahou Ngarangituehu 1800 Tarawahirangi Kaingakiore Tamaitohia Pita Maenene 1825 Ripeka Himiona Riki Te Mihi Wi Tarapoto 1850 Eru Pohatu Paora Riki Oriwia PeneTupeka 1875 Mokiterangi Hera Keta  Te Paea Ene Piri  1900 Te Huauri Takotohiwi Tutekawa Hariata