Te Kooti

Ko Te Kooti (Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki),  ? - 1893, nō Rongowhakaata; he ngārahu, he toa, he matakite, he kaihanga whakapono. Ko ōna mātua ko Hōne Te Rangipātahi rāua ko Tūrākau. He uri whakaheke ia nō Rongowhakaata rāua ko tana wahine matua, ko Tūrāhiri, he wahine nō ngā tātai rangatira o Ngāti Maru.

I whānau a Te Kooti ki te Pā-o-Kahu, i runga ake o te hāpua o Awapuni i Tūranganui-a-Kiwa (Poverty Bay). Ko te kōrero a ētahi, ka whānau ia i te tau 1814; ēngari kei ngā pukapuka te kōrero, e 35 ōna tau i te tau 1866, i a ia e mauhereheretia ana ki Wharekauri. Nā reira, nō te tau 1831 kē pea ia i whānau ai.

I a Arikirangi e kuraina ana ki te kura mīhana a Te Wiremu (William Williams) i te Whakatō, ka tino mātau ia ki ngā Karaipiture. E toru ōna ingoa - ko Arikirangi, ko Te Kooti, ko Te Tūruki. E ai ki te Te Kerēhi (T. S. Grace), ko ia te tamaiti māia rawa atu o taua kura mīhana; nō Dandeson Coates, nō te hēkeretari o te Rōpū Hāhi Mihingare (Church Missionary Society) i Ingarangi, tērā ingoa a Te Kooti. Ko Te Tūruki, te ingoa o tana matua whāngai he ingoa anō mōna. Ki ngā Pākehā, ko Rikirangi tonu. Ko tā Te Kooti i tuhi ai hei ingoa mōna, ko Te Kooti Te Tūruki.

Hoto ki waho

• He whakaahua, he konae mō Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki kei te Wikimedia Commons.

Tohutoro

• A. Ballara et al., 'Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau 1760-1869. Wellington: Te Tari Taiwhenua, Allen & Unwin, 1990.