Oriwia Te Atiraukawa, Died 1881
Below is an online version, from Nga Tupuna o Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Volume 3 (2005), of the biography for Oriwia Te Atiraukawa, reproduced with the kind permission of her whānau.
Published Text
"Oriwia Te Atiraukawa". In Nga tupuna o Te Whanganui-a-Tara, volume 3. (2005)
Oriwia belonged to Ngati Tawhirikura. She was the daughter of Mihinga and granddaughter of Te Whiti-o-Rongomai II and his third wife Mapuna. So she was a half sister to both Te Wharepouri and to Te Whiti-o-Rongomai III, and closely related to Honiana Te Puni. Her brother Mahau Tomairangi died before her.
Oriwia was married to Tamati Te Matoha (1796 - 8th January 1876). They had no children. Tamati had a sister Kaheno and a brother Parata Nuku. Parata married Meri Pawa who was Hare Parata's mother. Meri and her sister Horima Tapa were the daughters of Roriki. Tamati's father Tahi was uncle to the three brothers Te Matoha, Ropiha Moturoa and Wi Kingi Wairarapa. Tamati Te Matoha was also known as Ngapuna or Motutawa. Tamati Te Matoha and Oriwia Tamati owned section no.10 in Pipitea Pa. Tamati Te Matoha's grave is one of the few graves left untouched at the Bolton Street cemetery.
Until 1871 Oriwia was known to cultivate at Whakahukawai (Hutt Section 16) because of her association with Hapurona. He had been the pilot who had brought the Tory into Wellington Harbour from Port Hardy in the South Island in 1839. The role of pilot has also been attributed, at various times, to Worser Heberley, and by others to Dicky Barrett. When Oriwia's brother Mahau died, Oriwia inherited his land interests in the Wellington area. In one Maori Land Court decision it was agreed that Oriwia should share a section with Amiria Mataroirangi. Amiria was the wife of Ngapaki Te Puni, and mother of Makareta Te Puni, who died in May 1890. Amiria died on the 4 January 1891. In 1884 Oriwia together with Te Ruhia Pote of Waikato drafted a lease of some Petone lands with the Gear Meat Company. Two years later Henare Te Puni, Matene Tauwhare and another did in fact lease land at Petone to the Gear Meat Company.
Oriwia died on the 29 August 1891 at Waiwhetu. Her land interests were inherited by Atanatiu Te Puni who died 5 July 1900. He was one of the sons of Henare Te Puni (1814-1887) and his wife Rangiwahia Te Puni (1827-1913).
References:
- WMB no.1 p.177
- WMB no.3 p.151-159
- WMB no.5 p.273-274
- WMB no.6 p.145
- WMB no.10A p.129-130, 131-132
- WMB no.11 p.267, 269-270
- Otaki MB no.19 p.219
(WMB = Wellington Minute Book; MB = Minute Book)
I Te Reo Māori -
Nō Ngāti Tāwhirikura a Oriwia. He tamāhine nā Mihinga, he mokopuna nā Te Whiti-o-Rongomai II me tana wahine tuatoru a Mapuna. Nō reira hei karanga tuahine ia ki a Te Wharepouri rāua ko Te Whiti-o-Rongomai III, ā, e whanaunga tata ana hoki ki a Te Puni. Ka mate nei tōna tungāne a Mahau Tōmairangi i mua atu i a ia.
Ka moe a Oriwia i a Tāmati Te Matoha (1796 - 8 o Hānuere 1876). Kāore ā rāua tamariki. He tuahine tō Tāmati, ko Kaheno, hei tuakana teina rānei hoki a Parata Nuku. Ka moe a Parata i a Meri Pawa hei whaea ki a Hare Parata. Ko Meri rāua ko Horima Tapa ngā tamāhine a Roriki. Hei matua kēkē a Tahi te pāpā o Tamati ki ngā tungāne Te Matoha rātou ko Ropiha Moturoa ko Wi Kingi Wairarapa. Ko Tāmati Te Matoha i mōhiotia ai hoki ko Ngāpuna ko Motutawa rānei. Nō Tāmati Te Matoha rāua ko Oriwia Tāmati te pānga whenua nama 10 ki Pipitea Pā. Tokoiti noa rua kōiwi o te urupā o te tiriti o Bolton kīhai i rawekehia, nō Tamati Te Matoha tētahi.
Tae noa ki te tau 1871 he māra tā Oriwia i Whakahukawai (Hutt Section 16) nā tana mōhio ki a Hapurona. Nā Hapurona i arataki mai te Tory i te tau 1839 ki roto i te Whanganui a Tara, mai i Port Hardy i te Waipounamu. He kōrero anō e mea ana nā Worser Herberley kē te waka i arataki mai, ā, nā Dicky Barrett kē, ki ētahi anō. Nō te matenga o Mahau te tungāne o Oriwia, ka riro i a ia ngā whenua o tōna tungāne i Pōneke. Nā tētahi whakataunga a te Kōti Whenua Māori, ka riro i a Oriwia rāua ko Amiria Mataroirangi tētahi pānga whenua. Ko Amiria nei te wahine a Ngāpaki Te Puni, ā, ko te whaea o Makareta Te Puni, i mate nei i te marama o Mei i te tau 1890. Nō te 4 o Hanuere 1891 i mate ai Amiria. Nō te tau 1884 ka tuhia te rīhi whenua atu aOriwia rāua ko Te Ruhia Pote o Waikato, arā, he pānga whenua i Pitoone ki te kamupene mīti o Gear. E rua tau i muri mai ka rīhi tūturuhia atu he whenua i Pitoone e Henare Te Puni rātou ko Mātene Tauwhare mā ki te kamupene mīti a Gear.
Nō te 29 o Akuhata 1891 i mate ai Amiria ki Waiwhetū. Ka tukuna iho hoki ōna whenua ki a Atanatiu Te Puni i mate nei i te 5 Hūrae 1900. He tamaiti ia nā Hēnare Te Puni (1814-1887) rāua ko Rangiwāhia Te Puni (1827-1913).