Aorere Accretion determination of status and ownership of land
Through his parents, Ringahuri of Ngāti Tama/Te Ātiawa and Roka of Ngāti Rārua, Tāmati Pirimona Marino was related to all three of the mana whenua iwi of Mohua (Golden Bay) after the Tainui Taranaki conquest (1828-1830).4 Koekoeā describes him thus: “Leader, humanitarian, trader, entrepreneur, mariner, and politician, Tāmati Pirimona Marino lived in a time of great change in Aotearoa.
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