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Rongokako was a Māori
ariki (chieftain) and
tohunga (priest) of the Tākitimu
tribal confederation and
ancestor of the Ngāti
Kahungunu iwi, who is famous...
- Ihimaera's
novel The
Whale Rider and its film adaptation. Te
Tapuwae o
Rongokako Marine Reserve is a
marine reserve covering 2,450
hectares of coastline...
- from the name of the
hillscape in Māori, Te Mata-o-
Rongokako, or "the face of
Rongokako".
Rongokako was an
ancestor of the Ngāti
Kahungunu and the area...
- Tākitimu canoe,
along with his elders, the
children of Tato, who were
Rongokako, Hikitapuae, Hikitaketake, Rongoiamoa, Taihopia, Kahutuanui, Mataro, Te...
- Ngāti
Kahungunu Tapuwae River in Northland, New
Zealand Te
Tapuwae o
Rongokako Marine Reserve at Whangara, New
Zealand Tapu ae, a
traditional Māori ball...
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which according to
local Māori
legend is the body of the
giant Te Mata o
Rongokako, and the
depression in the land
visible behind his head
according to the...
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Tamatea married Toto, a
descendant of Toi-te-huatahi and they had one son,
Rongokako,
father of
Tamatea Urehaea,
father of Kahungunu, the
eponymous ancestor...
- Tama-te-rangi -
Hinemanuhiri -
Kahukuranui -
Kahungunu -
Tamatea Urehaea -
Rongokako -
Tamatea Arikinui. Mitc**** 2014, p. 97. Mitc**** 2014, p. 100. Mitc****...
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Tauranga traditions say that they were the same person. Tamatea's
father was
Rongokako,
himself the son of
Tamatea Arikinui who
captained the Tākitimu canoe...
- pp. 54–55
gives the line of
descent as
Kahungunu -
Tamatea Urehaea -
Rongokako -
Tamatea Arikinui. Mitc**** 2014, p. 273. Mitc**** 2014, pp. 57–58. Mitc****...
