Ruapani was a rangatira (chief) of the Māori in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa (the Poverty Bay-region on the East Coast of New Zealand) in the 15th and 16th century.
He is said to have been the paramount chief of all the Tūranganui-a-Kiwa tribes around 1525.
His influence was large, it extended into the Ruakituri Valley and the Whakapūnaki district as far as the Huiarau Range beyond Lake Waikaremoana.
Ruapani was a rangatira (chief) of the Māori in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa (the Poverty Bay-region on the East Coast of New Zealand) in the 15th and 16th century...
of Makoro and Hine-te-ata. Through his father, he was a descendant of Ruapani and Kahungunu, and thence from Pawa and Kiwa who captained the Horouta...
2009 a project to develop a community drinking water supply was started. Ruapani was regarded as the paramount chief of all the Tūranganui-a-Kiwa tribes...
Te Puni Kōkiri recognises two hapū which share marae with Ngāi Tāwhiri: Ruapani hapū, which shares Ohako and Te Kurī a Tuatai marae Te Whānau a Iwi, which...
grandfather Ruapani and Uenuku-koihe. Te Waitohioterangi 2020 says she was the biological daughter of Tuhoropunga, who had been adopted by Ruapani. Parsons...
on the Waipaoa River, home of Ruapani (a descendant of Pawa and Kiwa). Kahungunu settled at Popoia and married Ruapani's daughter Ruaretai. When she was...
waters'. The lake lies within the tribal boundaries of Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Ruapani and Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa. The hamlet of Aniwaniwa and the Waikaremoana...
Okuratawhiti and Hinepehinga. Through both of his parents, he was a descendant of Ruapani and Kahungunu, and thence from Pawa and Kiwa who captained the Horouta...
whole whanau". Murphy was born in Murupara and is of Ngāti Manawa, Ngāti Ruapani ki Waikaremoana, Tūhoe, Ngāti Kahungunu, and Te Arawa descent. She is married...
38°56′50″S 177°01′45″E / 38.94722°S 177.02917°E / -38.94722; 177.02917 Lake Ruapani Wairoa District Northeast of Lake Waikaremoana 38°43′50″S 177°07′40″E...
conservationist. Of Māori descent, she affiliated with the iwi Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Ruapani and Ngāti Kahungunu. Her influences spread throughout New Zealand in education...
the Ngāti Ruapani hapū of Ngāti Hinekura, Pukehore and Tuwai. It is also associated with the Ngāti Kahungunu hapū of Ngāti Pāhauwera, Ruapani. In October...
Tory Awatere Whanau (born 1983) is a New Zealand politician. She was elected mayor of Wellington at the 2022 election. Previously she served as the parliamentary...
Whānau-ā-Apanui Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa Ngāti Tūwharetoa Ngāti Porou Ngāti Ruapani Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti Te Tai Rawhiti was one of the five new Māori electorates...
1999. Born in Manutuke, Wyllie affiliates to the Ngāi Tāmanuhiri, Ngāti Ruapani and Rongowhakaata iwi. He was educated at Gisborne Boys' High School where...
and Te Poho o Hinekura or Ruapani meeting house is a meeting place of the Tūhoe hapū of Ngāti Hinekura, and the Ngāti Ruapani hapū of Ngāti Hinekura and...
Waipāoa River at Waituhi. Ruapani had three wives who between them bore 25 children. Many prominent Māori leaders descend from Ruapani including Te Kani-a-Takirau...
(son) Rongomai-papa (daughter), who married her own maternal grandfather, Ruapani and had a daughter: Ruarauhanga, who married Rākei-hikuroa and was the...
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