MY MUM & HER SISTERS

LOVE YOU MUM... My mum was a hard working woman... and a very loving mother and grandmother... we miss her very much... her mum Hariata Matenga married Tutekawa Wyllie and lived right next to Te Kuri-a-Paoa... Hariata’s mother Ene Piri married Karepa Matenga who’s whanau originally came from the Wairarapa... Ene’s mum Raiha Piri was the daughter of Paora Tangara and a 'puhi' of Te Urungatoka... She married Penehoko Tupeka... his dad was Wi Tarapoto a vocal witness in the Land Court... Wi’s dad was Pita Maenene a great priest who cremated his brother on top of Te Kuri and coined the name Ngai Tahupo... Pita’s dad Ngarangituehu was the tuakana of his whanau and inherited his father’s mana. His dad Kahutia met Capt Cook and was paramount chief of his time... Kahu’s dad Te Rangiwahipu was a great warlord from Te Mahia who came to help Tuheke battle Rakaiatane... Te Rangiwahipu’s mum Haerengarangi was from Muriwai and married a Rakaipaaka fighting chief called Rangihakahaka... Haere’s father Te Tapunga-o-te-Rangi was born on top of Te Kuri after the bloody battle of Taitimuroa... his father Puraho-o-te-Rangi was killed at the foot of Te Kuri in that very battle... Puraho was the son of Paeaterangi... an aggressive warlord of Ngati Paea... he’s also the tekoteko on top of our whare. Paea’s mother was Rongomaiawhia the high ranking daughter of Tu Whakaoma and she married our great chief Tamanuhiri... te kakano o te whanau whanui o Ngai Tamanuhiri - tu ki te po, tu ki te Ao... that is my mums path... that is my path too... NGAI TAMANUHIRI... XXX OOO XXX HAPPY MOTHERS DAY MUM..