Defender of Te Namu against the Waikato raiders. Brother of Wiremu Hukunui Manaia (Ngati Ruanui leader). Contemporary of Wiremu Kingi Matakatea.
Ngatairakaunui, active 1820s-1860
Ngatai Rakaunui, active 1820s-1860, Ngā-tai-rakau-nui, active 1820s-1860, Rakaunui, Ngatai, active 1820s-1860
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Manuscript
Te Kahui Wiremu Kararehe - Life of Wiremu Kingi Matakatea and other notes
Date: 1835-1893
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-077
Description: Includes a preface and translation in S P Smith's hand with a note: `A large part of this has been embodied in "Hist. and Trad. of Taranaki Coast"'. There is also a covering note signed by W H S (W H Skinner) on the provenance of the ms with a genealogy of Teira Whatakore attached. Also includes letter from T M Hocken to Smith, Dunedin 1 Jun 1893, forwarding books and precis of copies or extracts of Colonial Office material, Sep 1835, on the `Alligator' and J Guard affair. The manuscript gives a biographical account of Wiremu Kingi Matakatea, with whakapapa, with much information about his role in conflicts between Taranaki and other iwi, and between Taranaki and the Government in the first Taranaki campaign (1860) in the New Zealand wars; the document also discusses the shipwreck `Harriet' and the treatment received by the survivors; there are also translations of the material. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Ngatai Rakaunui of Taranaki : Letter
Date: 1860
Reference: MS-Papers-3134
Description: A letter from Ngatai Rakaunui (the defender of Te Namu against the Waikato raiders), to his family 1860, exhorting them to maintain themselves as Maori, equal to but distinct from Pakeha. In Maori with English translation by Elsdon Best. Language - (with English translation) Quantity: 1 folder(s) (4 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and ms