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Tūhawaiki
Ko Tūhawaiki tēnei, he rangatira nō Ngāi Tahu i noho i Ruapuke. He mātātoa, he tangata pakihi, he kaitōrangapū hoki. Nāna te taua o Ngāi Tahu i arahi i te kakari ki a Te Rauparaha me Ngāti Toa i muri i tā rātou whakaeke ki runga i a Ngāi Tahu. He tokomaha i hinga, i whara anō hoki. Ahakoa te rahi o te hoariri, ahakoa te maha o ā rātou pū, ko te māia me te auaha o Tūhawaiki hei putanga mōna. I te toronga a Meiha Bunbury ki ngā rangatira o te wā kia hainatia te Tiriti o Waitangi, ko tā Tūhawaiki urupare, ko te whakatakoto kē i tāna anō tiriti.
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Tūhawaiki
Tūhawaiki was a rangatira of Ngāi Tahu from Ruapuke Island. He was a warrior, a businessman and a politician. It was Tūhawaiki who led the fight back against Te Rauparaha and Ngāti Toa after they attacked Ngāi Tahu, leaving thousands killed, injured or displaced. Outnumbered and outgunned, the courage and creativity of Tūhawaiki forged a way forward. When Major Bunbury arrived at Ruapuke seeking his signature on the Treaty of Waitangi, Tūhawaiki signed, then turned the tables with demands of his own.
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