NOTED CHIEFTANESS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1455, 1 June 1912, Page 10

NOTED CHIEFTANESS

■' THE ROMANCE OF THE :'slAo|§:/ ■' T .The death'of Kailm Piiahn/ ar'iltsJh H. Prosser, as silo is test "kuown?iiv>i irsoves ii direct descendant' fromvtli'eeaHi- ' rat Maoris who .ialiabiledU"e\r-'"Zcalaii'd : .' ihe deceased's forefathers-'.; originally, ■ landed from tho HawaiiaiMslamlsMriiVriv.oral war calioes, named ■ j Aotea, Te.-Akitiinu, Tainui, To'r'AraWiw-.'' ami Tokomaru. Tho lauding wastcfl'ectedi at Otahuhu, and- the cunoL'6 were'ihiigßcdl. I overland to Unelmnga, whero'tiseySwrie , ;.' again manned, and tto next p!aea. : -.\-isited:'' '■ was what is now known ns Ka\yiiiaK" - : . '"■■ Here a settlement was niadbi-i.aiid'fpr ■ ■ many generations it was ■■ ilie';F ; lei>ViiiiffV v-' Maori stronghold. direct descendant on tli'6' , ma!'o'.l;sid'ev;qfV, iiotiiroa, wlio wits ad»!irah of;-t'>'e' ; ca!ioe.;& called the Tainui, . His-sonrllc'tuope.'suc-VS: 'ceoded him. '..•' , v ~ ■■'.- \, i>:'':,'"€.<;,: X'fir-i'-U He, in his tuTn,'- ; was":Ri;ccei ; u['dSii)yE = \ Hoiumatiipu, and then- followed JMolni'':,''!."'lie,. Enka, Kaicati. Tawh(ip,i;fTu!:iaiica,S J, j'oiit'jina,. jVffijig-o, IChiliain.iiiJTnJeiii'ififl,:"'■■-. Ttitepnhaii, Jvprokino, Toalinngntira '■'(froniV- . this iiaino springs Use trib^'ofiXgati-Tria)?; , : ■ ■ MaiMngipsroa, To .Maiinu'.Uialr.ilu , :' TiiVn-? : '■ Maiterangi, To. ;Mat;uoteraftgipßavrWs "'.; Piieha, and his daiijiiUeiv'Kjuiu^Piwliarf-.". , '- 'i'lio wnvrior Tc Pehi and his/younger. bro' ther .To liangihiron wcro-'-bothi-'auccitnrisSV-/ .on'the mati-nm! sido of Haihii-PiiaJia.-TeV.'S: jPohi's duughter was.Ria ,Wnitohi,-. who\j§;; married Rawiri Pnulia, and their daugH-jpS tcr was tho lady for whom practicnily3'sC the whole Maori' race is moiirnins to-dayvy./*! To Eflngiiiiroa had a dauffhterj 1 Te punahau, whoso Ron was the !at« I'eratn, ior many years chief of !lio Wai-j- ; ,y3 kauiio ti'ilje. His direct ■ (iescendniit ie the well-known Waikanne Ilirn Parata. .. ■'- ■ «!?■<'''.

Uniha l'uaha wns ehieftaincss of, the';;'"Sα.;. principal tribes in New Zealand by virtue C.-.;i.;. •■ of her birth. Amongst..them inay be£|j&;:Vi mentioned tho Npati Toas, Ngati Rnii-'Ts-.W,.!.;-: kaivas, and Ngati Hriins. .- Tho first of/vjjc'-? , . ihese tribes is doinicilNl aixiut Poifinia.j : %-f..' ■ The next are about Otaki, nnd-the Huias.V,'ii.!'.-A aro nt Parotawhao, near Lovin. Highi'ir.j.-'.i:..-?'. >Ip the coast, about Maniiih, , .are , l!te;:; : ':i :: .. ■Mcali Maniapotce, tho Ngati Arawas, tlie?;"^■.;;'■ original tribo who landed in t!io canoe;j:rfc;-. ■Arawa, and who»e de.scendttnts-are vavr'Sw■',."■'■ nt liotorna, tho Xgati Knhnmi, who:compj-;v?; ■ from tho stock of tho T<- Akttnmi canocvJA; ■;-. and the N«nti ltnnnui, whose canoo.was-®:;.>. " tho Aotea." ' , ■ irr In tho South Island, the chieftamose;^"■.';■>■■ when alive held. mnna over tho-Nfratift->;:i-"-. A.«-n, Ngati Rarna, nnd the. Ngati Koata?.frf, tribes. ■ ,'■ ■■ , " ' y m '■■ "\ Deceased was a relative of the famous ;:■;,■;; warrior Tβ Kiiupai'alia. coi»mon!y eailpd^:: , '. ?. (!io New &«land Nnpolron. lie and : = ];aiigih--!fta wore the greatest figmoM of y^ ,, .,.;,.;;. thi'iv day. The iirst-naJncd■- orißiiielly.f.;»,:;:■: cu'iio frtim' the Waikato. and travelled ■;,>rV'S.. ooivn tho West Const. About the. fame ;- : '::&' timo as ho set out another warrior, in , ... : Te. AVhatnuui, left the same place, biit travelled via the East Coast. Iho lost- *?&■ ' unnifld fanio overland, and . iiinciionetl ; wHh Te ltauparaha nt Lake Horowhenua. g :■<%;;■.■ '.- lian-iri Punlm, father of ''was n notfd peacemaker ainoiipst t.h*- ,: t : -': : v,,-rival-factions of Natives, «iid aiso ' tween Kiuinaroha's peopie nnd.Uie lyiiiio &■■# ■■ race. The (ircv Govcrnment;appointpfl ,r -. ■.. luni , r.n olKc-iil peaceiniikpr bet-ween the ;«■ Maoris , and Knropoans.. He liatt ,ncfniß..|.;,; . ■■'with- him nnoUipr-. whito man . lsoniod;;.:; ■ Ku-ninsort who wasihn earliest surveyoft;; , *. -in New Zealand, and tho pair woro (.nn :;*;;, ■fii-st coininissioncrs ill New Zealand withiKXV power to seitlo dispnlcs between vlio ; ;• %% tives'ftiul white people. ■ ' '-'.'/"itfJ!.- . Kawiri. himself was a, religious mnji;^.;^.- , - , "pud when the iirst lnisMoimnen camo to.e#s,i'3! New Zealand ho afforded them apsisiaiico in his power. Later, he camo a missionary himself, aju! !ed services on the West Coast. Archdeacon ■Williams. f«iher of the present known Hawko's Hay famuy of name took n" great interest m him. rind ?. educated him. A son of his wos--,;^ , ; GravEo-«rav Pnaha, *flllod flflor the (lien .as-H Governor of Kew Zonlnml. Sir «eor Re Grev took this hoy and wnfc him (f. Tl :r .r\ Kings College at Auckland, but alter citniilptiue his eiluraiion I'naha was on«- ■:.■.-.. d"y smiMMclc at W«ikanao, and tailed--; was born on 11853, =o thnt sh* was nearly 59 yonr^y.- - - '"f'nS* Vhcn she died. The (W^ "vcen twelve Wld fifteen -, : MiorUwiH lake part in th« oteoqmoj. ■ j ; v, ~ h-Mwimisof peonle yesterday, who■ die- -fjiij v; j!iam"!«u?h interest in the proceed*** -J;^