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Matatina Marae Whakapapa

Matatina Marae Matatina Marae was officially opened on August 18th 1988; however like most marae there is a significant behind-the-scenes...

The Whānau of Tiro and Te Mairanga

He whānau rangatira o Te Roroa. A chiefly whānau. After the fighting in the Kaihu valley, Toa brought his family to Opanaki, Kaihu to...

Te Whareumu and Tarahape

Famous Waimamaku chiefs from the iwi of Ngati Pou This talk is of the brothers Te Whareumu and Tarahape, famous chiefs of the iwi Ngati...

He whakaoriori nō Tāoho

A Lament from Taoho

Tuputupuwhenua

Emerging from the interior of the earth This tupuna Tuputupuwhenua came from the interior of the earth. As the first indigenous person of...

He kōrero mō Tōhe

Tōhe This ancestor Tōhe lived at Kapowairua in Muriwhenua. A descendant of Pohurihanga of the waka Kurahaupo wrecked at Takapaukura (Tom...

"Ko Rangiriri te rākau e ngāu i te ngaru."

Rangiriri Rangiriri is the great tribal taniwha of Te Roroa. He lives in the cave named Te Rua-o-Rangiriri in the Northern Wairoa river. ...

Manumanu (1) Rangitauwawaru

Te timatatanga ake o Te Roroa. Our eponymous tūpuna This is the story of the brothers Manumanu (1) and Rangitauwawaro who came from...

Toa

Renowned fighting rangatira of Te Roroa Toa was a renowned fighting rangatira of Te Roroa descended from a long line of warriors. The son...

Tāoho

He toa, he ariki. Famous, pre-eminent chief of Te Roroa Taoho was a famous, pre-eminent chief of Te Roroa. He was an ariki being...