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Ko Pūkākī te huatahi a Tamiuru o Ngāti Pikiao rāua ko Taiwere o Ngāti Whakaue. He rangatira ia i kauanuanuhia e tōna iwi. I whānau mai a Pūkākī i te pā o Tūtānekai, arā, i Kaiweka i te taha tonga o Mokoia. Kia pakeke ia, ka noho kē ia ki te pā o Parawai i Ngongotahā.
I ngā tau o te 1800, he mea hahau tētehi whakairo rangatira i tētehi tōtara i kitea ai i te awa o Ngongotahā hei whakanui i te rangatira nui o Ngāti Whakaue. Ko te āhua o te whakairo rā ko Pūkākī e pupuri nei i āna tama tokorua, arā, ko Wharengaro rāua ko Rangitakuku. I ngā tau o te 1830, ka tū a Pūkākī hei tomokanga ki te pā o Pukeroa i runga o Ohinemutu, tōna rima mita hemihemi te teitei.
He mea hoatu a Pūkākī e Ngāti Whakaue ki a Kaiwhakawā Francis Dart Fenton i tētehi hui i te marae o Te Papa-i-Ōuru i te tau 1877. Ko Francis Fenton te tangata nāna tonu nei i āwhina kia tū motuhake a Rotorua hei tāonehipi. Nā te tukunga o Pūkākī ki te Karauna i tau ai te whakapono i a Ngāti Whakaue me te Karauna.
Heoi anō, kāore noa iho a Ngāti Whakaue i paku mōhio ki te rirohanga atu o Pūkākī e te Karauna ki tētehi āpiha nui o te Whare Taonga o Tāmaki, ka mutu, kāore tonu te iwi i mōhio ki te tikanga o tā te Karauna hoatu i a Pūkākī.
Mai i te tau 1984 ki te tau 1987, ko Pūkākī tētehi o ngā tino taonga o te whakakitenga e kīia nei tōna ingoa ko Te Māori i tū ai i ngā tōpito o Amerika. Nā te rangahau a Paul Tapsell i puta ai ngā kōrero e mārama ai te iwi ki te take i riro ai a Pūkākī ki Te Whare Taonga o Tāmaki. I te tuawhā o Āperira, i te tau 1997, i hui tahi ngā kaumatua o Te Arawa me Te Whare Taonga o Tāmaki, ā, nā reira i tau ai te kōrero nā Ngāti Whakaue tonu a Pūkākī. I te tuarua o Oketopa, i te tau 1997, i hoki atu a Pūkākī ki te kāinga, ki te marae o Te Papa-i-Ōuru.
I te marama o Oketopa, i te tau 2004, i whai wāhi a Pūkākī i te rua tekau hēneti hei tohu whakanui nā te Pēke Matua o Aotearoa. Nā te kaupapa rā i ora ai te Tohu Mātauranga a Te Pēke Matua o Aotearoa. He mea whakarite te tohu rā ki te whakanui i ngā uri o Ngāti Whakaue. Tokoono ngā uri kei raro i te taipakeketanga o te 15 e whakatinana nei i ngā tohu o te rangatiratanga ka whakanuia e Te Pēke Matua i ia tau. Ka tae rātau ki Pōneke, ā, ka tiakina e te pēke.
Qualities: humility, identity, relationships
More to watch:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503437&objectid=11922551
More to read:
Pukaki: A Comet Returns (Paul Tapsell)
https://www.noted.co.nz/archive/listener-nz-2004/figure-of-unity/
https://www.rbnz.govt.nz/notes-and-coins/coins/coins-in-circulation/pukaki
https://www.rotorualakescouncil.nz/our-council/about-council/Kaupapamaori/Pages/Pukaki.aspx
https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/11566/pukaki-carving
This entry is related to these other entries:
Fenton Agreement
Sources:
Te Taumata o Ngāti Whakaue Iho Ake Trust - Te Rangihakahaka Wānanga Workbook
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