MAORI GENEALOGY.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9552, 27 July 1909, Page 6

MAORI GENEALOGY.

COMPILATION OF WAIRARAPA AND HAWKE'S BAY RANGATIRAS. A committee of Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay Maoris has been engaged for some time past in tracing the ancestry of the reputed descendants of various leading rangatiras 6f a couple of generations back, with a view of compiling a reliable genealogy for various purposes connected with Native usages. The committee has gone to considerable trouble to insure accuracy, and the result of their investigations has been that the following names are authenticated as being those of chiefs or descendants of chiefs in the Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay, respectively : CHIEFS OF THE WAIRARAPA. Anaru Tuhokairangi and his descendants, Te Retimaua Te Korou and his descendants, Matina Ruta and his descendants, Manihera Maaka and his descendants, Marakaia Tawaroa and his descendants, Nireaha Tamaki and his descendants, Wi Paraone and his descendants, Wi Waaka Kahuikura and his descendants, Witinitara Te Kaewa and his descendants, Te Rahui Arama and his descendants, Te Hamaiwhao and his descendants.' Wiremu Kingi and his descendants, Ihaia Whakamairu and his descendants, Raima Te Rahui and his descendants, Ani Kanara Te Rahui and his descendants, Haami Potangaroa and his descendants, Tamaiwaho Harawira and his descendants, Piripi Waaka and his descendants, Toi Te Huatahi and his descendants, Wiremu Whatakorari and his descendants, Te Kohai Hoera and his descendants, Te Haeata Apatu and his descendants, Hoani RangitaKaiwaho and his descendants, Pou Manihera and his descendants. Niniwa Heremaia and his descendants, Tamahau Mahupuku and his descendants, Kohea Tahana and his descendants, Ani Hiko and his descendants, 11. P. Tunuiorangi and his decsendants, Te Maari-ote-rangi and his descendants, Hori Te Huki and his descendants, Te Ruihitamairangi and his descendants, Te Mihioterangi and His descendants, Rawinia Te Piki and his descendants, Te Ama-ote-rangi and his'descendants, Kgatuere Tawhiri matea and his descendants, Wiremu Kingi Tutepakihirangi and his descendants, Tikawenga Te Tau and his descendants, Paora Potangaroa and his descendants, Purakau Maika and his descendants, Piripi Te Maari and his descendants, Manahi.Paewai and his descendants, Hon Herehere and his descendants, Ihaia Te Ngarara and his descendant, Kopera Kuikainga and his descendants, Peeti Teaweawe and his descendants, Ereni Teaweawe and his descendants. HAWKE'S BAY CHIEFS. Hapuku (also Wairarapa). He is known as such by the present generation of young Maoris and the old Maoris. He is|a descendant of Hikarara from a genealogical tree of tribes residing in Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay. The late Hon. Her.-

are Tomoana, M.L.C., and his de~ sendants, the late Peni Te Uamairangi and his descendants, the late Teira Tiakitai and his descendants, the late Harawira Tatere and his descendants, the late Te Karawa and his descendants, the iate Manaena and his descendants, the late Te Wharemakote Moananui and his descendants, the late Renata Kawepo and his descendants, the late Tareha and his descendants, the late Karauria and his descendants, the late Hori Niania and his descendants, the late Tipene te Apatu and his descendants, the late Pareihe and his descendants, the late Te Moananui and his descendants, the late Hopeka Paewai and his descendants, the late Wirihana Kaimokopuna and his decendants. Mohi Te Atahikora and hie dascendants, Te Orihau and his descendants, Tanguru Tuhua and his descendants, Puhara Hawaikirangi and his descenndants, Tipene Matua and his descendants, Henare Te Atua and his descendants; and other prominent chiefs residing in Hawke's Bay. Referring to Hapuku, the rangatira mentioned at the head of the second Hat, a local native gentleman states that there were tribal wars in the year 1848, at Pakiaka, Hawke's Bay, between tribes residing in Hawke's Bay. The leader of one section was Te Hapuku, and he insisted on fighting the other tribes. It was the Wairarapa and West Coasttribes that made Hapuku and other tribes give up their purpose, and Hapuku went back to live at Poukawa. If it had not been for the Wairarapa and West Coast tribes and chiefs, T« Hapuku would never have desisted, but would have fought every chief in Hawke's Bay.