Our whanau believe that Porikapa TeWareWare is the brother of our ancestor Etahi Taputai
But on further investigation I have come across parts of his family tree
and this is how it appears it might be and how he may be related to our whanau
if this is true he would be my 1st cousin 5x removed(5xtimes removed means 5 generations )
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Below is snippets of Information I have found on Porikapa
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During the Land Wars Ngarongomate served with the British army.
After the surrender of Ngā Mahanga in 1865, Ngarongomate appeared at the Oakura Compensation Court.
The compensation court was formed to determine loyal and rebel
Māori during the Land Wars, and award grants to land confiscated under the New Zealand Settlements Act 1863. Claimants from hapū in
Ngā Mahanga were asked to record the names, kinship details and claims to land on the printed form
‘He Pukapuka Tono Ki Te Kooti Whakawa Māori, Kia Whakawakia Etahi Take Whenua’ (Haami 2004).
Two hundred and seventy claimants applied for over 200 sites, and referenced at least 30 hapū within Ngā Mahanga a Tairi,
and claimants came from the Chatham Islands, Waikanae, Pōneke and Te Tauihu.
Even though Ngarongomate and Porikapa asserted that these people,both men and women,
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After the surrender of Ngā Mahanga in 1865, Ngarongomate appeared at the Oakura Compensation Court.
The compensation court was formed to determine loyal and rebel
Māori during the Land Wars, and award grants to land confiscated under the New Zealand Settlements Act 1863. Claimants from hapū in
Ngā Mahanga were asked to record the names, kinship details and claims to land on the printed form
‘He Pukapuka Tono Ki Te Kooti Whakawa Māori, Kia Whakawakia Etahi Take Whenua’ (Haami 2004).
Two hundred and seventy claimants applied for over 200 sites, and referenced at least 30 hapū within Ngā Mahanga a Tairi,
and claimants came from the Chatham Islands, Waikanae, Pōneke and Te Tauihu.
Even though Ngarongomate and Porikapa asserted that these people,both men and women,
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1860
By
Ngarongomate, Ropata, active 1850-1870; Porikapa, active 1860-1880s; Kupe, Maihi, active 1860; Kahawai, active 1860; Tohi Te Ururangi, -1864; Toetoe, Wiremu, 1827?-1881; Te Awaturei, William, active 1860; Te Manga, Ihaia, active 1860
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This hapu takes its name from two brothers, Moeahu (hence Ngati-Moeahu) and Tai-hawea, who were twins, which is the meaning of the hapu name.
Porikapa Rd is at Warea, a few kilometres south of the coastal town of Okato. It is named after Porikapa, a chief of the Nga Mahanga a Tairi hapu in Taranaki, who was born about 1798 and named Te Wiri Wiri.
Te Wiri Wiri became a deacon of the Anglican Church and took the name of an early Christian martyr, Polycarp, so became known as Porikapa.
He wore a full facial moko and lived at Parawaha Pa on a sea cliff near Okato. All that remains of Parawaha Pa today is a large midden on the Mangakino Stream and a urupa.
Porikapa saw himself as a peacemaker between Maori and European. At the beginning of the land wars in Taranaki, he wrote a proclamation signed by him and three other chiefs. They placed it on the gate of the Rev Henry Handley Brown's house making it tapu (sacred), so Maori wouldn't come on the property. This ensured the safety of Brown, his family and 35 others who were sheltering there during the Battle of Waireka.
On October 21, 1876, Porikapa Te Wiri Wiri and Ruhira Takutae of Kaihihi were married by Archdeacon H Govett in St Mary's Church.
Porikapa died at his home on December 4, 1888, aged about 90. Rev H H ("Parson") Brown officiated at his tangi, which was attended by more than 500 people. He was buried in the urupa at Parawaha. The urupa was fenced off until about 1928, when stock were allowed in to graze by the lessee. By 1960, the headstone had been broken and the iron surrounds ruined.
After a visit to the gravesite in February 1965 by Taranaki Museum director Rigby Allan and Okato Anglican minister Rev Paul Reeves, a new headstone was erected, using the original inscription. It ended with the words "Blessed be the peacemakers".
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Porikapa Te Wareware
was an ordained Anglican minister from Ngā Mahanga who lived at Parawaha Pā (at the bottom of Hampton Rd).
During the Land Wars, Porikapa declared his neutrality and sheltered French and Portuguese settlers
was an ordained Anglican minister from Ngā Mahanga who lived at Parawaha Pā (at the bottom of Hampton Rd).
During the Land Wars, Porikapa declared his neutrality and sheltered French and Portuguese settlers
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Presumably, Tohu-roa was a son of the Taranaki woman who fled
from her first husband, Eua-roa, and married Takirau-o-whiti, the
Ti-tahi leader, for he, together with the few survivors who escaped
the massacre, fled back to Taranaki, and were there allowed to settle
down at a place called Papaka, situated on the coast two miles west of
the present Pihama village and close to Otu-matua. From these
2o8 HISTORY AND TRADITIONS OP THK TARANAKI COAST.
people descend the present Ti-tahi hapu of Taranaki, and, says Mr.
Hammond, ** it is remarkable how many leading men of both Taranaki
and Ngati-Rua-nui have Ti-tahi blood in them. Te Whiti (the
prophet), Tohu (a prophet), Motu, Tautahi, of Taranaki; Titoko-
waru, Hone Pihama, Nga-hina, of Ngati-Eua-nui ; Kauika and
Kahu-kaka, of Nga-Eauru, are all descendants of the Ti-tahi people,
and all are characterised by some undesirable qualities, such as
selfishness, love of position, and other evil propensities."
Mr. Hammond omits from the above list the chief Tai-komako , of
Oeo, who is the direct descendant of Takirau-o- whiti, and Mr Skinner
adds these : " The late Porikapa and Minarapa, of Taranaki." Tau-
tahi, mentioned above, was the Taranaki leader in the war against the
white people' in the sixties of last century ; and it was Titoko-waru who
drove the Europeans out of the Patea district in 1869. Hone Pihama
(whose Maori name was Te Ngohi) was a great warrior, who fought
against us in the early sixties, but eventually came over to our side,
and proved b}' his ability and courage a most able ally of the
Government. He was a very kindly, hospitable man, and the firm
friend of all Europeans in the trying times of 1868-70. ---------------------------
from her first husband, Eua-roa, and married Takirau-o-whiti, the
Ti-tahi leader, for he, together with the few survivors who escaped
the massacre, fled back to Taranaki, and were there allowed to settle
down at a place called Papaka, situated on the coast two miles west of
the present Pihama village and close to Otu-matua. From these
2o8 HISTORY AND TRADITIONS OP THK TARANAKI COAST.
people descend the present Ti-tahi hapu of Taranaki, and, says Mr.
Hammond, ** it is remarkable how many leading men of both Taranaki
and Ngati-Rua-nui have Ti-tahi blood in them. Te Whiti (the
prophet), Tohu (a prophet), Motu, Tautahi, of Taranaki; Titoko-
waru, Hone Pihama, Nga-hina, of Ngati-Eua-nui ; Kauika and
Kahu-kaka, of Nga-Eauru, are all descendants of the Ti-tahi people,
and all are characterised by some undesirable qualities, such as
selfishness, love of position, and other evil propensities."
Mr. Hammond omits from the above list the chief Tai-komako , of
Oeo, who is the direct descendant of Takirau-o- whiti, and Mr Skinner
adds these : " The late Porikapa and Minarapa, of Taranaki." Tau-
tahi, mentioned above, was the Taranaki leader in the war against the
white people' in the sixties of last century ; and it was Titoko-waru who
drove the Europeans out of the Patea district in 1869. Hone Pihama
(whose Maori name was Te Ngohi) was a great warrior, who fought
against us in the early sixties, but eventually came over to our side,
and proved b}' his ability and courage a most able ally of the
Government. He was a very kindly, hospitable man, and the firm
friend of all Europeans in the trying times of 1868-70. ---------------------------
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