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Ngāti Tūwharetoa–Ngāti Whitikaupeka War

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When the people at Mohaka-Tapapa learnt of Taniwha-pare-tuiri's murder, they immediately gathered a war party, led by the leader of Ngāti Kurapoto, Ranginui-a-Haweri, who was her nephew (the son of her sister Pahau-moko), her husband Turi-roa, and Whakarua. They sent a message to the Ngāti Tūwharetoa
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to join them. At Tutae-puehu, they encountered a woman of Ngāti Whitikaupeka called Hine-te-kikini whom they interrogated for information on the location of Ngāti Whitikaupeka. After she had told them what they wanted to know, they killed her and set up a block of
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and when she passed by the Ngāti Whitikaupeka village of Paerangi, the local children told the adults that Taniwha-pare-tuiri was carrying kumara stolen from Paerangi, so a band of the men killed her and cooked her in an oven.
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As a result of this conflict, the whole area from the Mohaka River to the Owhaoko plateau was added to the domains of Ngāti Tūwharetoa. The war was successfully cited to establish their right to this land in the
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The war party took the fortresses of Rounui and Rouiti. Then they fought a battle, chasing Ngāti Whitikaupeka up the
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Te Hata, Hoeta; Fletcher, H. J. (1916). "The Ngati-Tuhare-toa occupation of Taupo-nui-a-tia".
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was killed. In revenge, Ngāti Tūwharetoa attacked the Whitikaupeka fortress of Kirimara at
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Downes, T. W. (1909). "Early History of Rangitikei, and Notes on the Ngati Apa Tribe".
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was the wife of Turi-roa of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, who lived at Mohaka-Tapapa on the
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Further conflicts between Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Whitikaupeka led
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and the Owhaoko Plateau became part of Ngāti Tūwharetoa's territory.
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roots which she found while digging. These roots look a lot like
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at the nearby area of Poponui, drying it and placing it in
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Locations in the Ngāti Tūwharetoa–Ngāti Whitikaupeka War
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which was still known as Hine-te-kikini as of 1916.
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Index

Mohaka
Ōamaru Rivers
New Zealand
Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Mohaka River
Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Ngāti Whitikaupeka
Mohaka
Ōamaru River
Kaweka
Kaimanawa Ranges
North Island
New Zealand
Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Ngāti Whitikaupeka
hapū
Ngāti Kahungunu
Mohaka River
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Tauranga Taupō
Lake Rotoaira
Kuratau


Kuratau
Lake Rotoaira
Tauranga Taupō
Taniwha-pare-tuiri
Mohaka River

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