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Ruapani was a rangatira (chief) of the Māori in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa (the Poverty Bay-region on the East Coast of New Zealand) in the 15th and 16th century. He is said to have been the paramount chief of all the Tūranganui-a-Kiwa tribes around 1525. His influence was large, it extended into the Ruakituri Valley and the Whakapūnaki district as far as the Huiarau Range beyond Lake Waikaremoana. ==Whakapapa== The aristocratic lines of descent from Pāoa and Kiwa of the Horouta waka converged upon Ruapani and his rule was undisputed.〔(article ) in TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI • SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2007); this ( page ) (in Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand) also mentions ancestry from Tākitimu waka and from Hine Hikirirangi〕 His whakapapa is shown in two images: # the first image showing his descent from Pāoa, the captain of the Horouta waka and Kiwa, priest of the Horouta, who is also known as the navigator.〔Gundry, Sheridan – ''Historic journeys; East Coast Driving Tours''. Publ. New Zealand Historic Places Trust, Gisborne Branch Committee, Gisborne 2000, p. 6〕 #In the second image his estimated date of birth is shown. Mackay〔Mackay 1949, p. 3〕 gives a slightly different version of the history, resuming an address by Captain W. T. Pitt to the Rotary Club of Gisborne in 1934. When “the Tākitimu waka called in at Nukutaurua (Mahia Peninsula), her captain (Kiwa) left her and, with a small party, set off overland for Turanga (Poverty Bay). There he met Pāoa, Horouta's captain. To celebrate the occasion they agreed that Kahutuanui (Kiwa's son) should wed Hine-a-Kua (Paoa's daughter). The descendants of this illustrious couple married with the issue of Paikea (who was reputed to have journeyed to New Zealand on the back of a whale); with those of Maia (who was said to have crossed the seas on a gourd), and with the Toi people. When the seventh generation was reached, the head chief was Ruapani, in whom converged all the lines of Maori greatness.” Ruapani is also said to be descendant from Hine Hikirirangi, the sister of Pāoa. She was the ancestor who nurtured the kūmara (sweet potato) she had brought from Hawaiki in her sacred basket.〔(whakapapa ) with descendance from Hine Hikirirangi, in Te Ara〕 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「Ruapani」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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