The house of Ngāpuhi stretches from Tamaki Makaurau in the south to Cape Reinga in the north, ts walls are the sub-tribes: Ngāti Whatua in the south, Te Rarawa in the west, Te Aupouri in the north and Ngāti Kahu in the east, Ngāpuhi holds the centre of the House and the mountains of significance within Ngāpuhi are the pillars or poupou, which hold the ridgepole aloft.
(Raniera TeiTinga Tau—http://www.ngapuhi.iwi.nz/).
This pathfinder contains a list of resources available at Manukau Libraries that relate to the Te Tai Tokerau district. This includes information for Te Aupouri, Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Hine, Te Rarawa and Ngāpuhi iwi.
Click on a link to view the resources available for each topic:
Resources
Ngāpuhi chiefs
Internet resources
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Resources
- Alfred and Ani Beazley: a family history. (929.2 BEA)
- Belich, J. New Zealand Wars – [DVD]: a landmark production. (993.022 NEW)
- Binney, J. Te Kerikeri, 1770-1850: the meeting pool. (NZ 993.13 TE)
- Brown, D. Tai Tokerau whakairo o rakau = Northland Maori wood carving. (NZ 736.408999442 BRO)
- Burrows, R. Extracts from a diary kept by Rev. R Burrows during Heke’s war in the North in 1845. (933.021 BUR)
- Cother, D.U. The tribes of Muriwhenua: Their origins and stories. (929.2z CLO)
- Centennial of Kaiwaka = Rautau o Kaiwaka 1859-1959: a commemorative booklet and souvenir programme. (NZ 993.18 CEN)
- Evans, J. The discovery of Aotearoa. (993.01 EVA)
- Gudgeon, T.W. The history and doings of the Maoris, from the year 1820 to the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. (993.01 GUD)
- Harrison, E. Kohukohu. (993.112 HAR)
- Howearth, B. Mists of time: Ngapuhi myths and legends. (NZ 398.2099313 HOW)
- Hunt, J. Hone Tuwhare: a biography. (928.21z TUW)
- Iwidex Ngapuhi. (016.3058994z IWI)
- Kawharu, M. Tahuhu korero: the sayings of Taitokerau. (NZ 398.99942 KAW)
- Keene, F. And his wife: Women of Whangarei. (920.7 KEE)
- Keene, F. O te Raki: Maori Legends of the North. (398.2z KEE)
- Keene, F. Rangatira from Aupouri. (NZ 920 HAR)
- Keene, F. Tai Tokerau. (398.2z KEE)
- Kereama, M. The tail of the fish: Maori memories of the far North. (99.313z KER)
- King, M. Whina: a biography of Whina Cooper. (920.7z COO)
- King, M. Whina Cooper. (J920z COO)
- Koha. Kua hinga te totara (videocassette): Sir James Henare. (993.03 KOH)
- Lee, J. Hokianga. (993.13 LEE)
- Lee, J. I have named it the Bay of Islands. (993.13z LEE)
- Malcolm, M. Where it all began: the story of Whangaruru taking in from Mimiwhangata to Whangamumu. (NZ 993.13 MAL)
- Maramataka 2003 mo nga Marae o Ngati Kahu. (529.3 MAR)
- McCully, M. Te whanau Moana: Nga Kaupapa me nga tikanga – Customs and protocols: the teaching of McCully Matiu, Kaumatua rangatira of Te Whanau Moana and Ngati Kahu as told to Margaret Mutu. (993.13z MAT)
- McRae, J. He pepeha, he whakatauki no Taitokerau. (398.99942 PEP)
- McRae, J. Ngā iwi o te Tai Tokerau: nga korero nonamata me naianei hoki : nga mea I tuhituhia I perehitia ranei na nga whare pukapuka I tiaki: he rarangi he whkamarama hoki ta tenei pukapuka. Te Aupouri, Te Rarawa, Ngati Kahu, Ngapuhi, Ngati Whatua. (016.9931 REF)
- Moon. P. Ngapua: the political life of Hone Heke Ngapua, MHR. (NZ 923.2 NGA)
- Morris, N. Early days in Franklin: a centennial volume. (993.27z MOR)
- Muriwhenua land report : Waitangi Tribunal Report (WAI-45). (333.1099313 NEW)
- Ngā Taonga o te Tai Tokerau: He pukapuka kahui korero – a collection of information. (016.99313z NGA)
- Report of the Waitangi Tribunal on the Mangonui sewerage claim (Wai-17). (333.910099313z NEW)
- Ritchie, R. Fruit of the tree: a history of Kaikohe. (993.13 RIT)
- Ritchie, R. Wings from the sea: a history of Ohaeawai. (993.13 RIT)
- Sale, E.V. Whangaroa. (NZ 993.112 SAL)
- Sissons, J. The Puriri trees are laughing: a political history of Nga Puhi in the inland Bay of Islands. (993.13z SIS)
- Sissons, J. Nga Puriri o Taiamai: a political history of Nga Puhi in the inland Bay of Islands. (993.13z SIS)
- Smith, P. Peopling of the North: notes on the ancient Maori history of the northern peninsula and sketches. (NZ 993.13 SMI)
- Wilson, O. From Hongi Hika to Hone Heke: a quarter century of upheaval. (993.101 WILL)
Ngāpuhi chiefs
Internet resources
Ngati Hine
Ngati Hine Forestry Trust
New Zealand History Online
Te Ara –The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Te Aupouri
Te Runanga a Iwi o Ngāpuhi
Te Runanga a Iwi o Ngati Kahu
Te Runanga o Te Rarawa
Additional Tip
The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography is a collection of biographies which profiles illustrious New Zealanders from the 18th Century through to the Present. www.dnzb.govt.nz
Waitangi Tribunal Website
The Waitangi Tribunal holds information pertaining to various Iwi.
www.waitangi-tribunal.govt.nz
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