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Tu Tangata, Issue 15, 1 December 1983, Unnumbered Page

TU TANGATA MAGAZINE RELEASE THE ORIGINS OF NGAA RAURU KIITAHI (English Translation) By RUKA BROUGHTON Ngaa Rauru Kiitahi is recognised today as a sub-tribe of the Taranaki peoples whoe boundaries extend from Parininihi near Mokau, to Waitotara near Wanganui. Waitotara is regarded as the hub of Ngaa Rauru. Their oral traditions and those of the Aotea tribes, Taranaki and Whanganui claim that the ancestors of the Ngaa Rauru came originally in the Aotea canoe as part of the great fleet. The main object of this publication is to argue the Ngaa Rauru position as a Tangata Whenua or people of the land group and as a consequence remove mistaken though generally accepted ideas that the original ancestors of the group came in the Aotea canoe. The tribe has an identity which is distinct from that of the Aotea people. “The bird has set on its flight upon the winds and now we wait to appraise its flight" Ruka Broughton, 27.5.83. The book is bound 63 pages and 16 photographic plates. Packed and posted for sls per copy. Available from Maori Affairs Department, Head Office, Private Bag, Wellington. Please send me copies of the Origins of Ngaa Rauru Kiitahi Department of Maori Affairs Private Bag WELLINGTON Name: Address: X Cheques to be made payable to Department of Maori Affairs.