Hītori  History

Nau mai,

haere mai.

Ka korakora te muramura o Te Ahi a te Atua,
Ko Hiruharama Pā.
Ko Kapohanga-a-Rangi,
Ko Ngā Tamatoa,
Ko Te Rangitawaea e rukuruku nei i ōna rinena.
Te tuku mihi atu nei ki a koutou.

Nōu te ao,

nōku te pō


You can live today,

but tomorrow will be mine


- Nā Matutaera Nihoniho

Matutaera (Tuta) Nihohiho


High Chief of Te Aowera & Te Aitanga-a-Mate

of Ngāti Porou (1850 - 1914)


Ko Matutaera he rangatira. 

Ko ia te tama a Henare rāua ko Hēni Nohoaka Nihoniho. 

He Kurī Paaka nō te ope taua o Te Aowera. 


Ōna Pā ko Pōpoti, ko Mākarika, ko Te Poho o Te Aowera, ko Pūhunga, ko Hiruhārama, ko Waitākaro, ko Te Rere I Waho, ko Kōpuaroa/Mākarika.

Charles Hemoata Kirikino

Hinewairere Haua

Hēni Tibble

Bill Hughes

Elizabeth Ngarimu

Kuini Moehau

The Story of
Matutaera (Tuta) Nihoniho

This biography, written by J. T. Tamahori


Nihoniho, Matutaera

1850–1914


Ngāti Porou leader, soldier, storekeeper, assessor

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The Story of

Ngāti Porou

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