Ngāti Rongoū

Ngāti Rongoū
Iwi (tribe) in Māoridom
Coromandel Peninsula
Rohe (region)Hauraki
Waka (canoe)Tainui

Ngāti Rongoū is a Māori iwi (tribe) of the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand.[1]

It is one of five tribes of the Marutūāhu confederation, the others being Ngāti Maru, Ngāti Paoa, Ngāti Whanaunga and Ngāti Tamaterā.[1] The Marutūāhu tribes are all descended from Marutūāhu, a son of Hotunui, who is said to have arrived in New Zealand on the Tainui canoe. The Marutūāhu tribes are therefore part of the Tainui group of tribes. The Marutūāhu confederation is also part of the Hauraki collective of tribes.

Nga Iwi FM serves Marutūahu from the iwi of Ngāti Rongoū, Ngāti Tamaterā, Ngāti Whanaunga, Ngāti Maru and Ngāti Pāoa, and other Hauraki residents from Te Patukirikiri, Ngāti Hako, Ngāti Huarere, Ngāti Hei, Ngāi Tai, Ngāti Pūkenga and Ngāti Rāhiri.[2] It was set up Paeroa on 9 March 1990 to cover local events and promote Māori language.[3][4] It expanded its reach to the Coromandel Peninsula, Hauraki Gulf and Huntly in mid-1991.[5] The station is available on 92.2 FM on Coromandel Peninsula, 99.5 FM in Paeroa, and 92.4 FM across the Hauraki Plains to Miranda and Huntly.[6]

History

Ngāti Rongoū (also written as Rongo-Ū), descend from the eldest grandson of Tamatepō, Rongomai.[7] Tamatepō had twin sons:

  • Rauakiuta
    • Rongomai - Ancestor of Rongo-Ū
  • Rauakitai

According to Te Ahukaramū Royal, it was after the death of Marutūahu that Tamatepō's mana was diminished and his line faded into obscurity. Tamatepō's twin sons had a whakataukī in their name: "Te kanohi o to tokorua, e kore e kitea" - "The both of the one likeness, who were never seen".[8]

Tamatepō married a Ngāti Huarere woman, whose name was Rangiuru or Rongomai, and is said to have been a slave. Hence Tamatepō's subsequent banishment back to Kāwhia, and the loss of mana and the mantle of Marutūahu's mauri. It wasn't until the time of Rongomai, that notice and mana came back to the line of Tamatepō. The name Rongo-Ū is a commemoration of this: "Ngāti Rongo-Ū" - "The descendants of Rongomai now established".[8]

However, according to some of Tamatepō's descendants, Rangiuru was a highly-born woman of Ngāti Huarere.[9]

Another notable descendant of Tamatepō was Kairangatira, son of Mohoao, who was chosen to lead the siege of Oruarangi Pā, after the wife of Tāurukapakapa (the youngest son of Marutūahu) was murdered by her own people. Kairangatira himself was later murdered by Ngāti Huarere near Kupata Stream. Tāurukapakapa was also murdered.[9]

Whakapapa

The rangatira of Ngāti Rongo-Ū, Te Aotūtahanga and Manukaihongi were grandsons of Rongomai.

  • Tamatepō
    • Rauakiuta
      • Rongomai
        • Te Akatāwhia, married Māhanga
          • Te Aotūtahanga
          • Manukaihongi
    • Rauakitai
      • Mohoao
        • Kairangatira, married Paretao, daughter of Rautao
          • Pakira
            • Poutangi, married Te Aute, a descendant of Takakōpiri of Waitaha, and the second marriage of Hotunui

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Royal, Te Ahukaramū Charles (2 September 2011). "Marutūahu tribes". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Mātou / About Us". Ngaiwi FM. Te Reo Irirangi o Pare Hauraki. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Nga Iwi FM". Nga Iwi. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  4. ^ Staff writer (3 February 2015). "Celebrate 25 Years with Iwi Radio Station". Fairfax New Zealand. Hauraki Herald.
  5. ^ "Paeroa". Welcome to the Radio Vault. New Zealand: The Radio Vault. 23 July 2009. Archived from the original on 27 August 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  6. ^ "Iwi Radio Coverage" (PDF). maorimedia.co.nz. Māori Media Network. 2007. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  7. ^ Royal, Te Ahukaramū Charles. "Marutūahu tribes – Ngāti Rongoū, Ngāti Tamaterā and Ngāti Whanaunga". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  8. ^ a b "Volume 2: Nga Iwi o Hauraki/The Iwi of Hauraki: Chapter 14: Ngati Rongo U: 53". dl.hauraki.iwi.nz. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  9. ^ a b Wai 970 Treaty Claim - Barrett, Peter Hemara


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