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Na Tamariki o te Marena:
309 F i. Huia Berghan [1285] was born in 1874 and died in 1892 at age 18.
310 F ii. Rose Berghan [1286].
Rapunga Kupu Akoako: Rose Berghan; and Rameka had two sons and one daughter.
Rose marena Rameka Hapa Shepherd [1287] [MRIN: 577].
311 F iii. Ann Berghan [1288].
Rapunga Kupu Akoako: Ann Berghan; and Bert had one daughter.
Ann marena Bert Mander [1289] [MRIN: 578].
Maraea marena ano William Kaye [1314] [MRIN: 593].

Na Tamaiti o te Marena:
312 M i. William Kaye Berghan [1315] was born in 1895.

Rapunga Kupu Akoako: William Kaye Berghan; and Maraea had four sons and three
daughters.
William marena Maraea Nehua [1316] [MRIN: 594].

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174. Anaru Amuru Iehu Ngawaka [976] (Iehu Ngawaka , Tiari , Kahi
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, TARUTARU , TeUruKauri , Tumaingarua , Taranga ,
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Toakai , Patito , Houpure , Tamamoko , Tamahotu ,
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TUMOANA ) was born about 1870 in Whangape, died on 15 Aug 1964 aged
about 94, and was buried in Hautapoki Urupa, Whangape.
Rapunga Kupu Akoako: (korero taken from "dictionary of NZ biography"et
al) Anaru Iehu Ngawaka; more popularly known as Naru or Andrew
Ngawaka, was born in the Whangape area of north Hokianga, probably in 1872.
His father, Iehu Ngawaka, a farmer, and his mother, Nganeko Mare (Murray),
later known as Mary Ngahemo Ngawaka, were both of Te Rarawa. Naru was a Anaru Iehu Ngawaka
descendant of Ruanui and Nukutawhiti of the Mamari and Nga-toki-mata-
whao-rua canoes. His ancestral lines descended from the marriages of
Waimirirangi and Kairewa, and Tarutaru and Te Ruapounamu. These lines connected him to many
Northland tribes, including Nga Puhi and Te Aupouri, but he was principally of Te Rarawa. He was
kin to the hapu Ngati Hinerakei and Ngai Tumamao, but was most closely associated with Ngati Haua
hapu.
On 21 November 1894 at Whangape he married Maraea Wetini of Ngati Whatua from Te Paraki.
They were to have eight children. With other elders and rangatira of Ngati Haua, Naru and his father
supported education for the children and assisted with the introduction of formal schooling in the
Whangape area. They offered land for the schools and buildings and helped in their continuing
maintenance. Naru's interest in land issues probably developed as he travelled with his father,
attending Native Land Court hearings from the 1890s. He was the first chairman of the Taitokerau
Maori Trust Board and was known for his endeavours to ensure that Maori land was fully used. He
stood unsuccessfully in 1914, 1919 and 1922 against Tau Henare, the sitting member of Parliament
for Northern Maori. Naru's public debates on the marae at Waitangi with Apirana Ngata over Treaty
of Waitangi issues are legendary. This commitment to the upholding of the 1835 Declaration of the
Independence of Aotearoa and of the treaty had been instilled in him by his father and ancestors. He
was a direct descendant of signatories to both documents, namely Papahia and Te Huhu of Whangape
and Nopera Pana-kareao of Kaitaia. Occasionally, he appeared as an expert witness on land claims,
and invoked Maori rights and obligations under the treaty.

The influence of Christianity in the region was profound from its formal introduction in 1827.
However, the mana and tapu of Naru had such strength that one of his actions compelled some
families to reconsider their membership of the Anglican church. In the early 1920s an unintended
slight by Naru against a woman of Ngati Haua caused most of the leading families of the hapu to
change denominations. In 1923 they crossed the Whangape Harbour to Pawarenga for their baptism
into the Catholic church. Despite Naru's attempts to apologise and effect reconciliation, matters could
not be reversed.
Under the influence of the Reverend Hone Tana Papahia, Naru was considered for ordination to the