Research Catalog

Title

Whakatohea of Opotiki / A. C. Lyall.

Author

Lyall, A. C.

Publication

Wellington, [N.Z.] : Reed, 1979.

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Details

Description

xii, 220 p. : map; 22 cm.

Summary

This history of Whakatohea is founded, firstly, on the traditional stories handed down from generation to generation supported by whakapapa, karakia, haka and the other cultural forms used to give expression to them; secondly, on the historical records which are available for reference to events which post-dated the European arrival.

Subject

• Te Whakatōhea (New Zealand people)
• Māori (New Zealand people) > History
• Opotiki District (N.Z.) > History

Genre/Form

• History
• Genealogy

Note

• "Eight of the chapters have been published previously by the Whakatane Historical Society in the expanded form of Memoirs."
• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 199-202.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- 1. Tarawa -- 2. The Mataatua arrival -- 3. Ngariki -- 4. Te-Wakanui -- 5. Pane-Nehu -- 6. Tutamure -- 7. Ngai-Tu -- 8. Ngati-Ira -- 9. Ngati-Rua -- 10. Upoko-Rehe -- 11. Ngati-Ngahere -- 12. Ngai-Tama -- 13. Ngati-Patu and Ruamoko -- 14. Other branches -- 15. Rangihouhiri and Tawhitirahi -- 16. Uhengaparaoa and Tuwhakairiora -- 17. Attrition and ambition : southern struggles -- 18. Adversaries to the east -- 19. The crows of Koti Koti -- 20. Marauders from the north -- 21. The European advent -- 22. The Tai Rawhiti and Volkner affairs -- 23. The Opotiki campaign -- 24. Land confiscation -- 25. Some Whakatohea names -- 26. The Whakatohea Trust Board -- 27. The murmur of the shell : a legend -- 28. Miscellany -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN

0589011138

OCLC

• 6811848
• SCSB-11811288

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library