Taraia

KAHUNGUNU - RONGOMAIWAHINE

KAHUKURA NUI - RUATAPUWAHINE

RAKAIHIKUROA

TARAIA 

TARAIA was the great grand son of Kahungunu. TARAIA was a very able leader for his people and well versed in strategy. Although it was not his love of travel and con-quest that dominated his status because he was forced to seek a new home for his tribe, which was finally located in the southern part of the district. TARAIA had a colorful and very involved story fighting his way down from Turanganui through to Mohaka and to the Bluff in Napier a spot called "Te Ipu a Taraia" (Iron Pot). He conquered the domain of a certain Tarauwha where no foreign tribe dare tread. It is said that the gods sent this man for he came, he saw, he conquered. The strategy was set, after days of planning, searching, tracking, and trailing the battle began. The battle was won and TARAIA'S all-conquering crusade ended and he became the emperor of all he surveyed. TARAIA was responsible for the widespread location of his tribe that he was affectionately named the "Grand Old Man of the Coast". 

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WHAKATAUKI — PROVERB

"Waiho ra kia to takitahi ana nga whetu o te rangi" Let it be one star alone in the sky. 

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WHAKATAUKI — PROVERB

 
"He ao te rangi ka uhia, ma te huruhuru te manu ka rere" 
As clouds bedeck the heavens, so do feathers enable birds to fly