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Ngāti Toa (''Ngāti Toarangatira''), an ''iwi'' (New Zealand Māori tribe), traces its descent from the eponymous ancestor Toarangatira. Ngāti Toa originally lived on the coastal west Waikato region until forced out by conflict with other Tainui iwi headed by Pōtatau Te Wherowhero (later the first Māori King). Ngāti Toa, led by Te Rauparaha, escaped south and invaded Taranaki and the Wellington regions together with two North Taranaki iwi, Ngāti Tama and Ngāti Mutunga. Together they fought with and conquered the turangawaewae of Wellington, the Ngati Ira, wiping out their existence as an independent iwi.〔 Penguin History of New Zealand. M. King. Penguin 2003.〕〔(HISTORY AND TRADITIONS OF THE MAORIS OF THE WEST COAST, NORTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND, PRIOR TO 1840 – Ngati-Ira of Port Nicholson. p408-410 )〕 After the 1820s the Ngāti Toa conquered region extended from Miria-te-kakara at Rangitikei to Wellington, and across Cook Strait to Wairau and Nelson.〔 A saying delineates these traditional boundaries: ''Mai i Miria-te-kakara ki Whitireia, Whakawhiti te moana Raukawa ki Wairau, ki Whakatū, Te Waka Tainui.'' 〕 However the tribe mainly lives around Porirua and Nelson. An aphorism links tribal identity with ancestors and landmarks: ''Ko Whitireia te maunga'' ''Ko Raukawa te moana'' ''Ko Tainui te waka'' ''Ko Ngāti Toarangatira te iwi'' ''Ko Te Rauparaha te tangata'' 〔 "Whitireia is the mountain, Raukawa (Cook Strait) is the sea, Tainui is the waka, Ngāti Toarangatira is the tribe, Te Rauparaha is the man" 〕 == History == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ngāti Toa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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