Te Moana-a-Toitehuatahi - The sea of Toitehuatahi (Bay of Plenty)
"Mai i Nga Kuri-a-Wharei ki Tihi-rau."
Waka -
Mataatua, Nuku-tere, (Tainui ki Torere- Ngai Tai).
Also associated: Ara-utauta, Pakihi-kura, Tauira, Takitimu, Horouta
Iwi/Hapu -
Includes: Ngati Ranginui, Ngai Te Rangi, Te Arawa ki Maketu, Ngati Awa, Te Whakatohea, Ngai Tuhoe.
Also: Te Tini-o-Toi, Te Tini-o-Awa, Maruiwi, Nga Potiki, Te Hapu-oneone.
General Books
- Kohika : the archaeology of a late Maori lake village in the Ngati Awa rohe, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, edited by Geoffrey Irwin. (2004)
"The archaeological remains of a remarkably well-preserved indigenous Maori village are unearthed and analyzed in this collection of contributions from 20 scholars who worked at the excavation site. Abandoned because of flooding, the village of Te Kohika remained untouched for 270 years and preserved in a peat swamp until it was discovered in 1974. For the past 30 years, archaeologists have been researching the pataka storehouses, cooking shelters, homes, wood and fiber items, and storage pits at the site, making this one of the largest ongoing archaeological projects in New Zealand's history. Each essay offers an expert's opinion on the artifacts discovered and cultural observations disclosed by this landmark excavation." (Syndetics annotation) - Blair, Mary. The land of Toi : Maori research. 1947. (Mataatua)
- Bush, E. Tauranga : aspects of history, 1977. (Ngati Ranginui, Ngaiterangi, Pukenga, Ngati Tapu). (lists wharenui).
- Gifford, W. H. A centennial history of Tauranga. 1940. (Ngaiterangi)
- Simpson, Tony. Te riri Pakeha : the white man's anger. Wairua : Alister Taylor, 1979.
- Jordan, E. T. Katikati in legend and history. 1989. (Ngaiterangi) (Includes census of Ngatirangi adult males, 1864, whakapapa).
- McColl, Agnes Their greatness : tales of the pioneers of the Eastern Bay of Plenty. 1956. (Mataatua).
- McFadgen, B. G. Ruahihi Pa. National Museum of New Zealand, 1984. (Ngati Ranginui).
- Steedman, J.A.W. Known genealogies and history of the Maori families of Tauranga and surrounding districts = Nga ohaaki o nga whanau o Tauranga Moana. 1984. (Mataatua)
- Steedman, J.A.W. Pukenga : the lament of Pukenga, "where are all my people?" 1995. (Ngati Awa, Ngaiterangi) Whakapapa tables.
- McColl, Agnes Their greatness : tales of the pioneers of the Eastern Bay of Plenty. 1956. (Mataatua).
- New Zealand. Waitangi Tribunal. Te raupatu o Tauranga Moana = Report on the Tauranga confiscation claims. 2004.
- O'Malley, Vincent. The aftermath of the Tauranga Raupatu, 1864-1981 : an overview report commissioned by the Crown Forestry Rental Trust. 1995.
Overview of events subsequent to confiscation of Māori land in the Tauranga district following the New Zealand wars of the 1860’s. The actual confiscation & purchase of these lands is the subject of a separate report by Dr. Hazel Riseborough” (Foreword.) Includes bibliography, and two appendices. - Pīata mai : our people, our places, our stories [compiled by Ataraita Ngatai].
In March 2013, Opureora Marae was the venue for a significant event with feted and honoured thirty four pakeke aged eighty years and older. All have strong whakapapa links through birth to one or more of the islands of Matakana, Rangiwaea or Motuhoa. (preface) - Steedman, J.A.W. Nga tupuna o Rahera-te-Kahu-Hiapo. 1977. (Mataatua) Whakapapa tables.
- Steedman, J.A.W. Fabrications of traditional Maori history exposed. 1999.
- Steedman, J.A.W. Mataatua. 2001.
- Steedman, J.A.W. A new concept in Maori history, 4 vols. 1996-.
Includes whakapapa. - Stokes, Evelyn. A history of Tauranga county. Dunmore Press, 1980. (Ngaiterangi)
- Stokes, Evelyn. Pai marire and raupatu at Tauranga, 1864-1867, in, New Zealand journal of history ; vol. 31, no. 1 (p. 58-84)
- Stokes, Evelyn. The confiscation of Tauranga lands = Te Raupatu o Tauranga Moana : a report prepared for the Waitangi tribunal. 1990.
- Stokes, Evelyn. Whanau a Tauwhao : a history of Ngaiterangi hapu. CMSR, University of Waikato, 1980. (Ngaiterangi)
- Tapsell, Enid. Historic Maketu : hui hui mai. (Reprint) Reed, 2000. (Ngaiterangi).
- Tauranga 1882-1982, edited by A. C. Bellamy. Tauranga City Council, 1982. (Ngaiterangi, Ranginui).
- Willan, Rachael. Papamoa School site, report commissioned by the Waitangi Tribunal for Wai 636. 1997.
- Wilson, John Alexander. The story of Te Waharoa and sketches of ancient Maori life history. Kiwi Publishers, 1999. (Ngaiterangi).
Tuhoe -
- Encircled lands : Te Urewera, 1820-1921, by Judith Binney.
Covers the first hundred years of the 'Rohe Pōtae' (the 'encircled lands' of the Urewera) following European contact. The Urewera became an autonomous district, with its own leaders after much land as lost, but the Urewera District Native Reserve was abolished by law in 1920. Binney recovers this fascinating history which deserves wider illumination especially in light of recent events. - Tūhoe : portrait of a nation, text by Kennedy Warne ; photographs by Peter James Quinn.
This profusely illustrated book is the result of a multi-year project. The two journalists from the forests of Lake Waikaremoana to the coastal valleys of the Bay of Plenty collecting stories, while Tūhoe shared their words, their culture and their lives. Photographs and text richly support each other to present a contemporary portrait of an iwi and its relationship with its treasured land. - Nga Morehu = The survivors : the life histories of eight Māori women, by Judith Binney and Gillian Chaplin. (1996)
"All the women are from the Eastern part of the North island - the Bay of Plenty, the East Coast, or Poverty Bay. they possess a strong sense of personal identity, which religious and community teachings have created in them. ...the women in this book range from 59 to 93. They have witnessed the disappearance of the traditional social structures, the falling into disuse of their mother tongue, the movement from the country to the city of the younger generations. " - Best, Elsdon. Tuhoe, the children of the mist : a sketch of the origin, history, myths, and beliefs of the Tuhoe tribe of the Maori of New Zealand, with some account of other early tribes of the Bay of Plenty district. (various reprints).
- Best, Elsdon. Waikaremoana : the sea of rippling waters. 1897.
- Binney, Judith. Mihaia : the prophet Rua Kenana and his community at Maungapohatu.. 1979.
- Binney, Judith. Te Mana tuatoru : the rohe potae of Tuhoe, in, New Zealand journal of history ; vol. 31, no. 1 (p. 112-131)
- Gallen, R. G. A souvenir booklet of Waikaremoana, Wairau-moana, Waikare-iti. 1977.
- Sissons, Jeffrey. Te Waimana : the spring of mana : Tuhoe history and the colonial encounter.1991. (Whakapapa tables).
- Webster, Peter. Rua and the Maori millennium. 1979.
- Wilson, Ormond. From Hongi Hika to Hone Heke.. 1985.
Ngati Awa -
- Eruera Manuera, by Te Onehou Phillis. (2001)
Born in 1895, Eruera Manuera was at the forefront of Ngati Awa leadership for over half a century. This biography won a Special NZ Montana Book Award in 2002. - Barton, Gerry. Hotunui : the conservation plan. 1985.
- Mead, H. M. Nga karoretanga o Mataatua Whare : the wanderings of the carved house Mataatua.
- Te Moana : Nga Puna Waihanga annual hui, Te Rua Tekau Tau 1973-1993.
- Phillipps, W. J. The great carved house of Mataatua of Whakatane. 1950.
- Pio, H. T. Nga taonga tuku iho a Ngati Awa o Te Awa-a-te-Atua, o Rangitaiki, o Whakatane : ko nga tuhituhinga a Hamiora Tumutara te Tihi-o-te-whenau Pio. 1981.
Whakatohea -
- Baker, Heretaunga Pat. The strongest God. 1988.
- Binney, Judith. Nga Morehu : the survivors. 1985.
- Lyall, A. C. Whakatohea of Opotiki. AH & AW Reed, 1979.
Te Whanau a Apanui -
- Binney, Judith. Nga morehu : the survivors. 1986.
- Lawson, L. Wharekahika : a history of Hicks Bay. 1986.
- Porter, Thomas William Rose. History of the early days of Poverty Bay. 1923. (Ropata Wahawaha).
- Reed, A. W. Farthest east. : foot in Maori byways. 1946.
- Stirling, Amiria. Amiria : the life story of a Maori woman. 1976.
- Stirling, E. Eruera : the teachings of a Maori elder. 1985.