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Historical Context: Takapuneke - Coggle Diagram
Historical Context: Takapuneke
Cause
Te Rauparaha
Seeks utu for killing of Te Pehi
Uses British ship to sail south from Kapiti Island, then to deceive Te Maiharanui
Leader of Ngati Toa
Captain Stewart
Captain of Brig Elizabeth
Allows Ngati Toa war party to hide below deck and capture Te Maiharanui
Musket Wars
Brutal period of intertribal warfare
Driven by utu
Causes migration of tribes southwards
Te Maiharianui
NgaiTahu chief
Captured, tortured and killed at Takapuneke
Successful against Ngati Toa at Kaiapoi pa
Effect
The South Island's Waitangi
Events can be linked to Treaty of Waitangi in 1840
Britomart memorial next to Takapuneke
Captain Stewarts involvement drives Busby to be sent to control British lawlessness
Wahi Tapu
Ngai Tahu avoid the site for generations
"Empty" land used as farm, waste treatment plant, rubbish dump
Takapuneke village abandoned and becomes sacred site
Massacre
Flesh is eaten, slaves captured
Around 200 killed
Ngati Toa war party sneak ashore and massacre inhabitants of Takapuneke
Whakapapa
Clear genealogy of land
Acknowledged as wahi tapu by Ngai Tahu
Story of what happened at Takapuneke "lost" / not understood by pakeha
Land repurposed
Whakapapa eventually acknowledged with memorial
Takapuneke becomes known as a wahi tapu site for generations
,Mana
Mana whenua
Mana of land lost by sewage plant and rubbish dump
Mana of land restored with new monument
Mana of respective leaders
Loss of Mana caused by killing of Te Pehi, Te Rauparaha's relative
Restoration of mana sought by utu
Turangawaewae
Spiritual and emotional connection to Takapuneke via ancestors
Connection to land restored with construction of the memorial
Takapuneke important for Te Maiharanui - his Turangawaewae
Land becomes a site of wahi tapu after the massacre