Rāhiri
E820121
Rāhiri is the revered founding ancestor of the Ngāpuhi iwi (tribe) in Aotearoa New Zealand, from whom many of its hapū trace their lineage.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancestor
ⓘ
human ⓘ tūpuna ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
mana
ⓘ
tūrangawaewae (place of belonging) ⓘ whakapapa ⓘ |
| associatedWithIwi | Ngāpuhi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion | Northland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithRohe | Te Tai Tokerau GENERATED ⓘ |
| category |
Māori ancestors
ⓘ
New Zealand Māori people NERFINISHED ⓘ Ngāpuhi people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Aotearoa New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Māori NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalRole | unifying ancestor for Ngāpuhi ⓘ |
| foundingAncestorOf | Ngāpuhi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasCulturalLegacy |
basis for Ngāpuhi hapū relationships
ⓘ
influences tribal boundaries and rights ⓘ |
| hasDescendants |
Ngāpuhi people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
numerous hapū across Te Tai Tokerau ⓘ |
| hasRole |
eponymous ancestor
ⓘ
founding ancestor ⓘ |
| honorificStatus | revered ancestor ⓘ |
| importanceToIwi | primary ancestor in Ngāpuhi genealogies ⓘ |
| isAncestorOf |
Ngāti Hine (through later lines)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Te Māhurehure (through later lines) NERFINISHED ⓘ many Ngāpuhi hapū ⓘ |
| languageContext | te reo Māori NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Māori ⓘ |
| ontologicalStatusInTradition | tūpuna tipuna (ancestral figure) ⓘ |
| referencedBy | Ngāpuhi kaumātua and historians ⓘ |
| rememberedIn |
oral tradition
ⓘ
waiata and tribal narratives ⓘ whakapapa recitations ⓘ |
| sourceType |
iwi oral histories
ⓘ
traditional knowledge ⓘ |
| spellingVariant | Rahiri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | pre‑European era in Aotearoa ⓘ |
| tribalAffiliationThroughDescent | Ngāpuhi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| whakapapaSignificance |
central to Ngāpuhi identity
ⓘ
source of descent for many Ngāpuhi hapū ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Ngāpuhi