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“Ma
to Whakapapa koe e hono ki o whenua, ki o tipuna, ki o tikanga”
“Your
genealogy
links you to your land, your ancestors and to the values and
principles of who you are”
This
whakapapa has been compiled to provide “Te
whanau o te Porahu”
with an appreciation of their Maori and Ngatiporou heritage, their
history, their identity and their sense of belonging.
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The
whakapapa also proudly highlights our Our
Spanish, Portuguese and English heritages are also proudly
highlighted in this whakapapa.
This
document, which focuses primarily on the
whakapapa of our mother Edith
May
Hovell (Fox) Clarke
will
help us appreciate the quest for our
Polynesian ancestors, who set sail from their motherland Hawaiki
Nui, Hawaiki
Roa and Hawaiki
Pamamao so that we may continue in
their foot prints to explore and conquer.
The
contents of the document provide evidence
of our link to the great warrior Tu
Whakairiora, and to our earlier
ancestors Porourangi,
Paikea and Uenuku
(paramount
chief of Hawaiiki Nui)
Early
Polynesian seafarers Kupe
and Toi
Kairakau, who played a
prominent role in the discovery and colonisation of Aotearoa over
1000 years ago are proudly included.
We
recognise the arrival of Te
Whironui upon the Nukutere,
his wife Araiara
and their daughter Huturangi,
settling at the Te
Kautuku and later to be joined by
Kahutia-te-rangi
(who in due time assumed the name of
his whale Paikea)
The
whakapapa also includes Rongomaituaho,
son of Kahutia-te-rangi
(Paikea) through a prior
relationship in Hawaiki-nui.
The
lineage to Ruawaipu
has been included to support
her mana over the whenua of Ruawaipu
(Encompassing the region North
of the Waiapu river to Potaka.)
The
link to the South Island (Ngai-tahu)
through Tahu
Potiki., younger brother of
Porourangi
, and his quest to win over his older brothers’ wife
(Hamo-te-rangi)
The
Porourangi
whakapapa to Kahungunu
and Mahinerangi
indicates our link to the areas
of Hawkes Bay (Kahungunu)
and Waikato (Tainui).
Hingangaroa
, (After
after who an early whare Wananga)
school of learning (Traditional
traditional carving base at Tolaga Bay)
was to be named after.
We
note the sons of Porourangi
(Hau
te rangi and Ueroa)
and the dispute over a woman one ‘Takotowaimua’
The
aspiration of Hauiti
(The youngest son of
Hingangaroa)
to kill his siblings to take his father’s mana.
Allowing
the three young daughters of Poroumata
and whaena
(Te
Atakura, Materoa and
Tawhipare)
to survive spelt the eradication of the tribes of Ngatiruanuku
and Wahineiti.
(Whareponga
and beyond)
The
whakapapa has includes included Uehenga
Paraoa , which supports
Tuwhakairiora’
s link to Opotiki
(Whakatohea
– Ohiwa).
We
also note the names of some of the greatest
warriors of their time. : Tuhorouta,
Raramatai,
Tinatoka,
Tu Terangikatipu,
Karuwai,
Te
Rangi-e-te-kehua, Kautaharua,
Ponapatukia,
Rarawa,
Porou,
Tamahae,
Apanui Ringamu,
Pakanuitu, Hauiti,
etc.
Many
powerful women of their time are also included, : Ruawaipu,
Tamateaupoko,
Hinemaurea
Rongomaitapui, Ruataupare,
Hinerupe,
Te Ao
Tawarirangi, Rakairoa (2), Te Aotaihi,
Pre-Tuwhakairiora
era we see the names of great warriors in Tahania,
Tamakoro,
Uetaha,
Raramatai,
etc. and their mission to reclaim the land of their tipuna
Tamateaupoko
which was taken by brute-force generations earlier by a nomad tribe
from the Bay of Plenty (Ngaoho) (Some
authorities
believe that the tribe Ngaoho
is also affiliated with factions of Wahineiti
and Ngatiruanuku.)
“Huria
to tuara kia Hine Ngarangara”
The code
given, to
reclaim their ancestral land from Ngaoho
The
whakapapa also indicates the connection of Te Whanau a Apanui
to Te
Arawa through Turirangi.
The
inclusion of the kingship line of Te
Kani a takirau indicates his
link
to Te
Araroa in particular to Rerekohu
and Tu Whakairiora
“Ka
ko nga kopara a Rongomaitapui” (The
chattering bell birds of
Rongomaitapui)
Through Hinerupe
we are linked to these chattering
bell birds..
We
touch on the early leaders of Waiapu
(Tikitiki – Poroporo –
Rangitukia) in the children of
Tamataua and Te
Aokairau,
(Hinepare, Te Aokairau, Putaanga, Rakaimataura
and Huaanga)
Nga
‘wekahu’ a Rakairoa.
We refer to Rakairoa
1 and her great granddaughter
Rakairoa 2
who married two brothers (Not at the same time) when the brothers
passed away she married their father
Roro
(Son of Rakaimataura)
The
whakapapa provides a glimpse into the slaying of Apanui
Waipapa and the reason for his
8 children to depart in haste to the safety of Maraenui
(Bay of Plenty)
We
touch on Ngati-Mahanga
and as a result of action by their chief Kiterangi
to take trapped rats (Kiore) from Rarawas’
traps at Mangarangiora
spelt their destiny at Otutemahurangi
The
leaders of Ngaitane
of Rangitukia ‘tuturu’
in Hinepare,
Mataura etc
are listed.
The
sub-tribe of
‘Hinerupe
ki Waiapu
is
indicated in the whakapapa and was
initiated by
Te
Aotarewa.
(Land
granted by
Makahuri son
of
Tu terangiwhiu and
Atahaia)
We
trace the link from
Tu
Whakairiora’s
oldest
sister
Te
Aomihia
to Tuterangiwhiu-iti,
Tekoteko
on
Porourangi
marae.
Mahiti,
partner of
Karuai, his whakapapa is
indicated through Rakaihoea.
Te
Whanau a Takimoana (2)
link
to
Tu
Whakairiora
through
Hunaara and
Tuhorouta.
We
learn of Maori queen (Hine-Matioro
living at Anaura Bay uponduring the arrival of Captain Cook.
Hinematioro and her
s‘Mana’ bestowed upon her grand-son Te
Kani-a-takirau.u)
Through
Tuhirewha
were link to Te
Whanau a Apanui. Hinetera
the mother of Tuhirewha
was
the eldest child of Taikorekore
and Te
Kawekuratawhiti. Taikorekore
was the 4th.
Son of Apanui
Waipapa.
Nga
kuri paaka a Uetuhiao (Kuku,
Tangatake and Korohau) which
met their fate at Maniaroa
are included. Utu was
administered by
Rongo-ite-kai
mokopuna of Kuku
by beheading Apanui
toa Tu-tawhiwhirangi.
(Our
nanny
Waimatao’s tipunas)
Hikatoa
Husband of Rakairoa
2 met his fate at Maniaroa.
Utu was later administered later by their son Ponapatukia
along
with
Karuai, Konohi, Mahiti and
others.
The
whakapapa mentioned of Kakatarau
(Kohere)
Ngatiporou chief who was victorious against Te
Whanau a Apanui at Okaroro (Rangitukia)
and Toka a
kuku
(Te Kaha)
The
whakapapa provides proof of our link to
Major Ropata
Wwahawaha NZC, Te
Kaitu and, Manuel Jose. It also
mention of Mokena
Kohere whom with Ropata,
Henare and Tuta
Nihoniho,
were all prominent during the Maori wars (Hauhau)
Cr. Mid 1800.
Through
our Hovell
linlineagee we are linked to the 1066
Norman invasion of England under
William the
Conqueror “Battle of
Hastings”
Through
this lineage line also we are linked to the first, second and third
crusades
of the Holy-land.
This
lineage linage links us to the Norman
Kings of Southern Italy and Sicily (Robert
and Roger De Hauville)
The
Spaniard link through Manuel
Jose (Cr,1830s’)
of Valverde – Segovia, Spain provides another interesting link
as is the Portuguese link to Brazil through Manuel
Lima.
Through
our father Hoterene
Karaka we are linked to
Whareponga,
Te Aitanga a Materoa,
Whanau a Rakairoa
and Harataunga (Coromandel
– Kennedy Bay).
Through
Miria
the wife of Te
Kaitu we are link to people
across the Waiapu
at Tikapa
and Pokai.
Through
our Tipuna Te
Iharaira Pokiha we recognise
our connection to Major
Ropata Wahawaha.. NZC
George
Kelly Clarke
March 2011.
Whakapapa
2009
Ko to ngakau ki nga taonga a o
tipuna hei tikitiki mo to mahuna.
Ko to
wairua ki
Te Atua, nana nei nga mea katoa
Sir
Apirana Ngata
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