1. (personal noun) tribal group to the west of Mount Egmont (Taranaki) and south of New Plymouth.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 89;)

1. (noun) radiating streaky clouds - a sign of bad weather.

1. (location) Stratford area east of Mount Taranaki.

1. (personal name) (1795-1882) Te Āti Awa; leader who fought a long battle against land loss, culminating in the invasion by British forces in the first Taranaki war in 1860, after which Taranaki lands were confiscated.

1. (personal name) Ngāti Ruanui, Tāngahoe; Orator, educator and activist for Māori language revival and indigenous rights. Following a career as a building tradesman, moved into trade training and became prominent in adult education in Māori language revitalisation. Having developed language instruction programmes turned his attention to broadcasting recognising its value in promoting Māori language use. Led the case through to the Privy Council that the NZ Government should recognise and protect Māori language as a 'taonga under the principle of the Treaty of Waitangi' in the allocation of New Zealand's broadcasting assets. Following this successful challenge Huirangi returned to Taranaki where he has become the single most dominant figure in guiding the regeneration of Taranaki's distinct regional dialect. Received an Honorary Doctorate from The University of Waikato in 1995 for his achievement in both tertiary education and Māori language communities.

1. (personal noun) tribal group south of Mount Taranaki, often shortened to Ngā Ruahine.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 89;)

1. (personal noun) tribal group south-east of Mount Taranaki including the Pātea area.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 88-89;)

1. (personal noun) Christian faith developed by Te Ua Haumēne in Taranaki which is still practised by some, including Waikato Māori.

1. (noun) Christian faith developed by Te Ua Haumēne in Taranaki which is still practised by some, including Waikato Māori.

1. (personal name) (?-1836/37?) Ngāti Tama; leader who migrated south from Taranaki with Te Rauparaha and Ngāti Toa, establishing settlements in the northern South Island. Killed at Mataura by Tūhawaiki's Ngāi Tahu war party.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 142-160;)

1. (personal name) (?-1898) Muaūpoko; leader, militarist and land assessor, he was a government supporter who fought in the Wanganui, south Taranaki and Ōpōtiki campaigns against Tītokowaru and Te Kooti.

1. (loan) (personal name) Johann Riemenschneider - a Lutheran minister who arrived at Warea, Taranaki in 1846.

1. (personal name) a puhi from the Aotea tribes of Taranaki who married Whatihua of the Tainui tribes.

(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 117-119;)

1. (personal name) (1828-1907) Taranaki, Te Āti Awa; leader and prophet who helped establish Parihaka and a passive resistance movement against Pākehā land confiscation.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 89-99; Te Kōhure Video Tapes (Ed. 1): 3;)

1. (personal noun) canoe that brought some of the ancestors of Taranaki tribes from Hawaiki.

(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 31;)

1. (personal name) (?-1866) Ngāti Ruanui; Taranaki religious leader, warrior and prophet who led the Hauhau and established the Pai Mārire faith.

1. (personal name) an important Tainui ancestor who married Rua-pū-tahanga of the Aotea tribes of Taranaki.

(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 117-120;)

1. (personal name) (?-1907) Te Āti Awa, Taranaki; leader and prophet who helped establish Parihaka and a passive resistance movement against Pākehā land confiscation.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 89-99; Te Kōhure Video Tapes (Ed. 1): 3;)

1. (noun) a movement founded in Taranaki in 1862 by Te Ua Haumēne in response to Pākehā confiscation of Māori land and led to the establishment of the Pai Mārire Christian faith.

1. (noun) koheriki, Scandia rosifolia - prostrate or scrambling shrub with woody stems at the base and 2-5 pairs of leaflets arranged along each side of a midrib.Leaflets have no stem, distinct veins and are finely serrate. Flowers numerous and have white petals. Found north of Taranaki and Napier.