Ngati Ruapani
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Ngāti Ruapani is a Māori iwi
of New Zealand
. Ngāti Ruapani take their name from the ancestor Ruapani
, who lived at the Popoia pā
near Waituhi
in the 15th and 16th century.
Iwi
In New Zealand society, iwi form the largest everyday social units in Māori culture. The word iwi means "'peoples' or 'nations'. In "the work of European writers which treat iwi and hapū as parts of a hierarchical structure", it has been used to mean "tribe" , or confederation of tribes,...
of New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. Ngāti Ruapani take their name from the ancestor Ruapani
Ruapani
Ruapani was a rangatira of the Māori in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa in the 15th and 16th century.He is said to have been the paramount chief of all the Tūranganui-a-Kiwa tribes around 1525....
, who lived at the Popoia pā
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near Waituhi
Waituhi
Waituhi is a small settlement in the northeast of New Zealand's North Island. It is located in the Tūranganui-a-Kiwa region, 21 km northwest of the city of Gisborne, on the western bank of the Waipaoa River. It is notable as the historic site of Popoia pā, and as the location for several novels...
in the 15th and 16th century.