Waitaha is an early Māori iwi, which inhabited the South Island of New Zealand. [1] They were largely absorbed via marriage and conquest – first by the Ngāti Māmoe and then by Ngāi Tahu – from the 16th century onward.

Waitaha may refer to: Waitaha (Bay of Plenty iwi), a Māori tribe of the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand; Waitaha (South Island iwi), a historic Māori tribe of the South Island of New Zealand; Waitaha penguin (Megadyptes waitaha), an extinct species of penguin; Waitaha, the Māori name for the Canterbury Region of the South Island of New ...

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Waitaha is a Māori iwi of New Zealand. The tribe lives in the Bay of Plenty region and descends from the Arawa waka. [1]

Waitaha rare and unique books of Pre Maori Folklore, Traditions and Oral Histories of the Waitaha people which casts light on the culture, scientific and natural wisdom of the early peoples of New Zealand

Maui told us the thought-provoking history of the Waitaha, how they had originated 60,000 years ago in the Tarim Basin, now an area of Tibet, how they were originally light skinned, red haired, green eyed people, and how these people of peace had migrated both west and east to …

Rākaihautū: Waitaha’s founding ancestor. Tribal traditions tell us that Waitaha’s founding ancestor, Rākaihautū, departed with his people from their ancient homeland Te-patunui-o-āio (also known as Hawaiki). It is said that on the journey to New Zealand the heavens and the ocean met, blocking his path.

By the 1840s, Waitaha primarily occupied the land between Tauranga harbour and Te Puke. During the 1840s and 1850s. Cultural redress recognises the traditional, historical, cultural and spiritual associations Waitaha has with places and sites within their rohe or area of interest.

Waitaha. Older iwi still occupied the island before the southern migrations of Ngāi Tahu and Ngati Mamoe. These people are collectively known to Ngāi Tahu as Waitaha. Like Ngati Mamoe, their whakapapa and their traditions are linked with the history of Ngāi Tahu. Waitaha were both a people and a collection of peoples.

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