Te Munu Te Ohiro, Died 1872
Below is an online version, from Nga Tupuna o Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Volume 3 (2005), of the biography for Te Munu Te Ohiro, reproduced with the kind permission of his whānau.
Published Text
"Te Munu Te Ohiro". In Nga tupuna o Te Whanganui-a-Tara, volume 3. (2005)
Te Munu Te Ohiro (or Te Orohiro) belonged to Ngati Haumia, Ngati Haupoto, and Ngati Kura at Te Aro. Ngati Kura is another name for Ngati Mutunga, most of whom went to the Chatham Islands (Wharekauri) in 1835. Te Munu Te Ohiro was the son of Tihone and Kaho. He could trace back through his father Tihone to Tokowai who was the child of Tuwakaata and Parearangi. Te Munu's wife was Hinetua.
Te Munu and Hinetua are recorded as having had only one child, a daughter called Riria Kaho (Riria Te Munu) who died in 1887. Riria had two uncles living in Wellington called Titiro Te Ura and Rangi Tarawau. They had a sister called Waikiringa Hemi Te Pua.
Riria first married Timoti and they had a daughter Rawinia Timoti (Hinekino or Rawinia Te Munu), who died on the 26 April 1901. Riria then married Panapa Titokawe and they had a son called Panapa Te Mutu (1875-1906) also recorded as Te Mutu Panapa or Te Mutu Hokinga.
Timoti, Panapa Titokawe and Teritiu were cousins and Teritiu (died 1876) was the father of Paora Teritiu, Harata Teritiu, Hamuera and Maata. Rawinia Timoti married William Jenkins of Bell Block (Wiremu Tinikini) at New Plymouth in 1889. They then came to Wellington but stopped off at Waikanae on the way, to allow Rawinia to adopt Paora Tuwhare Tamaiti (Paora Tuhae or Paora Te Rangikauwhata) who was the son of Harata Teretiu. His father was a European. Rawinia and Wiremu lived for some time at Te Aro Pa with their adopted son Paora Tuwhare.
Te Munu Te Ohiro came to Wellington in the 1830s. He was one of the chiefs who welcomed Bumby and Hobbs in June 1839 and signed one of the McCleverty agreements in 1847 as Te Urinu Ohiro. He had an interest in Te Aro Pa Section no.6 and no.9 together with Hemi Parai. He later left Wellington to go back to Taranaki. Some years after both Te Munu and his daughter Riria had died, his granddaughter Rawinia was able to claim an interest in Town Acre no.1, no.16 and Part of Ohiro. Rural Sections no.19 and 21 as well as parts of two sections at Wiremutaone and at Kaireperepe. Rawinia also inherited an interest in the Ngati Haupoto Block in Taranaki.
Te Munu Te Ohiro died in about 1872 at Taranaki.
References:
- WMB no.1 p.85-86
- WMB no.2 p.88, 92
- WMB no.3 p.30
- WMB no.15 p.62, 64, 72,
- Taranaki MB no.4 p.104-105
- Wanganui MB no.49 p.146-149, 166-170, 171-172, 201-203
(WMB = Wellington Minute Book; MB = Minute Book)
I Te Reo Māori -
Nō Ngāti Haumia, Ngāti Haupoto, me Ngāti Kura i Te Aro a Te Munu Te Ōhiro (ko Te Orohiro anō tētahi ingoa ōna). Hei ingoa anō a Ngāti Kura mō Ngāti Mutunga, i heke ai ōna iwi ki Wharekauri i te tau 1835. He tamaiti a Te Munu Te Ōhiro nā Tihone rāua ko Kaho. He uri a Te Munu nō Tuwakaata rāua ko Parearangi, heke mai ki a Tokowai nāna a Tihone te pāpā o Te Munu. Ko Hinetua te wahine a Te Munu.
E ai ki ngā kōrero kotahi tonu te tamaiti a Te Munu rāua ko Hinetua ko tā rāua kotiro ko Riria Kaho (Riria Te Munu) i mate nei i te tau 1887. Tokorua ngā mātua kēkē o Riria i noho ki Pōneke, arā, ko Titiro Te Ura rāua ko Rangi Tarawau. He tuahine anō hoki tō rāua ko Waikiringa Hemi Te Pua.
Ko te tane tuatahi a Riria ko Timoti, ā, nā rāua ko Rawinia Timoti (ko Hinekino ko Rawinia Te Munu rānei), i mate nei ia i te 26 o Aperira 1901. Nō muri ka moe a Riria i a Panapa Titokawe ka puta ai tā rāua tama ko Panapa Te Mutu (1875-1906) i mōhiotia hoki ia ko Te Mutu Panapa rānei, ko Te Mutu Hokinga rānei.
He whanaunga tonu a Timoti rātou ko Panapa Titokawe ko Teritiu (i mate nei i te tau 1876) te pāpā o Paora Teritiu rātou ko Harata Teritiu ko Hamuera ko Maata. Ka mārena a Rawinia Timoti i a Wiremu Tinikini (William Jenkins) o Bell Block i Ngāmotu i te tau 1889. Ka heke mai rāua ki Pōneke mā Waikanae, kia riro mai a Paora Tūwhare Tamaiti (Paora Tūhae ko Paora Te Rangikauwhata rānei) te tamaiti a Harata Teretiu hei whāngai mā Rawinia. He pākehā kē tana pāpā. Ka noho ake a Rawinia rātou ko Wiremu ko tā rāua tamaiti whāngai ko Paora Tuwhare ki Te Aro Pa.
Nō ngā tau 1830 i heke ai a Te Munu Te Ōhiro ki Pōneke. He rangatira ia i pōwhiri i a Bumby rāua ko Hobbs i te marama o Hune 1839, nāna hoki te kirimana o McCleverty i haina i te tau 1847 i raro i te ingoa Te Urinu Ohiro. Nō rāua ko Hemi Parai te pānga whenua nama 6 me te 9 i Te Aro Pā. Nō muri ka hoki atu ia i Pōneke ki Taranaki noho ai. He tau i muri mai i te matenga o Te Munu rāua ko tana tamāhine a Riria, ka riro i tana mokopuna i a Rawinia he pānga whenua i Town Acre no.1, no.16 me te pānga hoki ki ōhiro. Ka riro hoki ngā pānga whenua no.19 me te 21, ā, he wāhanga anō hoki nō ngā pānga ki Wiremutāone me Kaireperepe. Ka tukuna iho hoki ki a Rawinia he wāhanga nō te Ngāti Haupoto Block i Taranaki.
Nō te tau 1872 pea i mate ai Te Munu Te Ōhiro ki Taranaki.