Te Waharoa

**Te Waharoa** (ya mutu Satumban shekarar 1838) ya kasance shugaban Ngāti Hauā *iwi* (ƙabilar Māori) na gabashin Waikato a New Zealand a cikin 1820s da 1830s.

Mahaifinsa shi ne Tangimoana na Ngāti Hauā kuma mahaifiyarsa Te Kahurangi . Yayinda yake ƙarami Te Waharoa ya zauna a Maungakawa, arewa maso gabashin Cambridge. Wani rukuni na Te Arawa ya kai hari kan Maungakawa kuma an kai Te Waharoa zuwa gundumar Rotorua inda ya kasance yaro a tsakanin Te Arawa. Ya koma Ngāti Hauā lokacin da yake saurayi. Ya shiga cikin fadace-fadace a lokacin Musket Wars, lokacin da Ngāti Hauō ya goyi bayan kabilun Waikato da Ngāti Maniapoto a kan Te Rauparaha da Ngāti Toa, har sai an kori Ngāti Toa daga Kawhia a 1821.

Te Waharoa ya zama babban shugaban Ngāti Hauā . Ya jagoranci kabilarsa wajen adana yankinsu daga mamayewar wasu kabilun, gami da fitar da Hauraki)" id="mwGA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ngāti Maru (Hauraki)">Ngāti Maru a cikin shekarun 1820, bayan sun wuce maraba da su ta hanyar nauyin lambobi, gina 15 pa a yankin Ngati Haua da kuma wuce gona da iri na albarkatun abinci na gida, yayin da suke neman mafaka daga hare-haren Ngāpuhi a yankin Hauraki. Ayyukan karshe da suka sa Te Waharoa ya yi tsananin matakai shine lokacin da Ngati Maru ya gina Kaipaki pa kusa da nasa a Maungakawa. Ya yada labarai cewa yana barin ƙasar zuwa Tauranga don haka Ngati Maru zai rage tsaron su. Daga nan sai ya dawo da dare kuma ya kaddamar da hari mai ban mamaki a kan mafi girma iwi. An ci mutane 200 a Kaipaki pa ko dai an bautar da su. Bayan korar Ngāti Maru daga Matamata pā, kusa da mazaunin Waharoa na yanzu (maimakon garin Matamata na yanzu), Te Waharoa ya sanya shi babban pā. Ya kuma kori Ngāti Maru daga gundumar Horotiu tare da Kogin Waikato da gundumar Maungatautari . Te Waharoa ta ci gaba da haɗin soja da kasuwanci tare da kabilun Ngāi Te Rangi da Ngāti Ranginui waɗanda ke zaune a gundumar Tauranga, a fadin iyakar gabashin Ngāti Hauā, Kaimai Range. Lokacin da wata jam'iyyar yaki ta Ngāpuhi karkashin jagorancin Te Haramiti ta yi wa kabilun Tauranga barazana a 1831, Te Waharoa da Ngāti Hauā sun je taimakon Tupaea da mutanen Tauranga, kuma tare suka ci jam'iyyar Ngāpuhi. Har ila yau a watan Disamba na shekara ta 1831 Te Wahoroa ya shiga cikin babbar rundunar Waikato da aka kiyasta a cikin mayaƙa 2,500 zuwa 4,000 a ƙarƙashin Te Whero whero wanda ya kaddamar da hari kan kabilun Arewacin Taranaki Ngati Tama da Ngati Mutanga. A watan Janairun 1832 Waikato taua tare da Te Wahaoroa sun sake kai hare-hare kan Pukerangiora Pa wanda ke da mutane 4,000. Wadanda aka kewaye sun rasa abinci kuma babban rukuni na yara, mata da tsofaffi sun gudu da dare. Waikato ya kama mafi yawansu kuma ya kashe su, tare da 'yan kalilan da suka tsere. Makonni biyu bayan haka mutanen sun rasa abinci kuma sun yi ƙoƙari su tsere da dare cikin gaggawa. A cikin halin da suka raunana an shawo kansu cikin sauƙi kuma da yawa sun yi tsalle a kan dutsen don kauce wa kisan Waikato. A cikin duka tsakanin mutane 1,000 da 1500 sun mutu. Kamar yadda aka saba, an kashe fursunoni kuma an ci su tare da fursunoni "an yanke su, an cire su, an dafa su kuma an ci". An lura da yakin ne saboda mummunan hali tare da Waikato yana sauka zuwa kasan dutsen kuma yana kashe waɗanda suka tsira daga tsalle.

Lokacin da masu wa'azi na Anglican suka zo yankinsa, Te Waharoa ya so ya sami mazaunin mishan a can kuma an kafa tashar mishan kusa da Matamata pā a 1835. Ɗaya daga cikin ɗalibai na farko a makarantar mishan shine ɗan Te Waharoa Tarapipipi, wanda daga baya aka sani da Wiremu Tamihana.

Bayan wani dan Te Arawa ya kashe wani dangi na Te Waharoa, akwai rikice-rikice da yawa tare da Te Arawa a cikin 1836. Ngāti Hauā, tare da goyon baya daga wasu kabilun, sun kai hari kuma sun lalata tashar kasuwanci ta Te Arawa pā da Phillip Tapsell a Maketu a watan Maris. Sa'an nan a watan Agusta Ngāti Hauā ya kai hari kan Ngāti Whakaue a Ohinemutu a Rotorua .  Helead mayaƙansa da kabilun makwabta tare da fada, wanda ya ci gaba har zuwa 1836, ya kai daga Rotorua, Matamata zuwa Tauranga .  

Te Waharoa ya kamu da rashin lafiya a shekara ta 1838. Wataƙila yana da erysipelas, wanda babbar matarsa Rangi Te Wiwini ta rasu a lokacin. Te Waharoa ya mutu a Matamata a farkon Satumba 1838. Te Arahi, ɗan babban ɗan Te Waharoa da Rangi Te Wiwini, ya zama shugaban Ngāti Hauā, kafin ƙanensa Wiremu Tamihana Tarapipipi ya yi fice. [1] Tamihana shugaba ce a kungiyar Māori King Movement, kuma an san ta da sunan sarki..

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