![]() In the 2013 census, 15,270 people claimed descent from Te Āti Awa of Taranaki. In 1996 the Waitangi Tribunal acknowledged past breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi, and negotiations for compensation began. Throughout the early 20th century Te Āti Awa land was still being sold off, despite calls for settlement. Their 90 sub-tribes were reduced to the six of today. The loss of land was socially, culturally and politically debilitating for Te Āti Awa. Though there was a truce after a year of fighting, Māori land was later confiscated as a punishment for ‘rebellion’. The British fired at him, and the main phase of the New Zealand wars began. When the government bought some of the tribe’s land, Kīngi disputed the validity of the sale and refused to leave. Even though the tribe were divided, their chief Wiremu Kīngi Te Rangitāke managed to establish a thriving economy by selling crops to the new settlers. This disrupted both the Taranaki area and the tribe itself – some of whom wanted to sell land to settlers, while others opposed land sales. Having come with the express purpose of farming, New Zealand Company immigrants snapped up the fertile Te Āti Awa land. The arrival of European settlers in Taranaki caused upheavals for Te Āti Awa. The individual identity of Te Āti Awa in Taranaki is expressed in their association with the Tokomaru canoe. The Awa tribes – which include Ngāti Awa in the Bay of Plenty – separated in 1820 and are now independent groups with their own authority. He was the son of a mortal woman, Rongoueroa, and a sky spirit, Tamarau-te-heketanga-a-rangi. Te Āti Awa is one of several Awa tribes, all descended from Awanuiarangi. AWA: Australian Water Association: AWA: Alternative Work Arrangement: AWA: Alcoa World Alumina (global alliance) AWA: Alberta Wilderness Association (Canada) AWA: Absent Without Authority: AWA: Allensbacher Markt Und Werbetrgeranalyse (German: market and advertising medium analysis of Allensbach) AWA: Apparent Wind Angle: AWA: Antique. It's so good to see this happen.The traditional lands of Te Āti Awa of Taranaki stretch from the coast north of New Plymouth, to Mt Taranaki (Mt Egmont), and to the Matemateaonga ranges in the south. ![]() We've had so many people pass away since this started. It's the same with the river and the iwi and the Crown. It's like a child that needs protection, in all sorts of ways. For me it's about talking on behalf of someone that needs something. Through the iwi representatives, the river will have a voice. This agreement makes it recognisable to those people that weren't brought up with the river. The river gives to you and you give to the river by keeping it healthy. You've got the saying, 'E rere kau mai te awa nui mai te Kāhui Maunga ki Tangaroa, ko au te awa, ko te awa ko au.' The river flows from the mountain to the sea, I am the river, the river is me. And then you've got Tupoho, which is the baby brother which is down in the township area near the mouth of the river. Then you've got Tamaupoko in the middle part of the river. You've got Hinengakau, who is up near the Taumarunui area. Similar to Waikato there is a saying that on every bend there is a house and you're very much welcome. The message there is of an entwining rope that connected us all together. The kōrero through them was Hinengakau, the older sister, it was the entwining of her hair that represented the river. You've got the three tūpuna, the siblings that have different parts of the river itself. It won't be as healthy as it used to be but it's getting there. We can't get it back but it's getting healthier. The steamboats allowed the economy to grow in the township but it compromised things in terms of the eel weirs and how people lived up the river. Manu Bennett Photo: Supplied / Manu Bennett
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