A Twelve-Foot Warrior Chief
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In his book The Old Frontier, James Cowan recounted the legend of Kiharoa, a giant warrior chief of the Ngāti-Raukawa and Ngāti-Whakatere tribes. According to Cowan, there was a curious landmark near the village of Whenuahou known as the “Giant’s Grave.” The grave was 12-14 feet long and 4 feet wide. Enquiring about the the grave, Cowan learned the legend behind it from two warriors from the Ngāti-Maniapoto tribe. He wrote:
There certainly seems to have been a veritable giant, a man of enormous stature and length of reach with the hand-weapons of those days, six generations ago. This Kiharoa, or “The Long Gasping Breath,” was a chief of the Ngati-Raukawa and Ngati-Whakatere tribes, who in those times owned the Tokanui hills and the surrounding fruitful slopes.
Kirahoa was said to have stood at twice the height of an average-sized man. He wielded an enormous taiaha-a traditional Māori close-quarters staff. His weapon was named “The First rays of Morning Light,” or Rangihaeata in the native tongue.
Cowan described Kiharoa thusly:
Kiharoa was tattooed on body as well as face, and when he leaped into battle, whirling “Rangihaeata” from side to side in guard and feint and cut, his blue-carved skin glistening with oil and red ochre, his great glaring eyes darting flame, his moko-scrolled features distorted with fury, few there were brave enough to face him.
Though Kiharoa was a mighty man and struck fear into the hearts of those he faced, no one is invincible; Kiharoa would fall in battle at Whenuahou. A bad omen preceeded the giant’s death; as he was rushing down a hill, he slipped on some leaves and fell nearly breaking his taiaha.
Kiharoa may have become unsettled by his fall; he was outfought and killed by the Ngāti-Maniapoto warriors led by chief Wahani-also a man of gigantic stature. Kiharoa’s warriors panicked and fled once their leader had fallen; many of them were slaughtered.
The fallen warriors were butchered for meat. Kiharoa’s corpse was carved up and eaten on the spot. The giant’s head was smoke dried and kept as a souvenir from the battle. Before dismembering the body of Kiharoa for their feast, the Ngāti-Maniapoto warriors measured him-he was 2 fathoms, or 12 feet long.
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Kiharoa - Champion of Ngati Raukawa and Ngati Whakatere based south of the Puniu Stream.
Thank you for this, another famous Giant of excessive proportions was Te Otane - Champion of Ngati Kahungunu. There are others such as Kuriteko - Champion of Te Arai, Tuhourangi - Champion of Te Arawa, and Tumoanakotore i Whakairioratia or Tuwhakairiora - Champion of Te Whanau a Tuwhakairiora.
Kia ora ehoa, wouldn't doubt that they were even bigger in the old days, Ohomairangi's offsprings lol
Love too get that giant who jumped on my back and broke my neck like the coward he was. Do not care what breed he was , so long as he and others like him are dead.'
Thank you for doing content on my 5x Grt Grandfather. It's pretty awesome to see an American take time to share a bit of my family's history. God Bless.
I appreciate your kind words.
@@authordenvermichaels no problem at all.
Quite the story. Interesting how often giants and cannibalism are intertwined.
every culture did cannibalism at one time In history
We did not just eat anyone for nothing all the time if you were great (eg chief,great warrior, high prestige and so on)we would eat you to absorb your mana to add to ours if we ate everyone we see how did captain Cook wiggle his way in ? 🤣🤣🤣
@@turuff7114 there's speculation that Cook was actually eaten 🤣 he was atleast cooked by the Hawaiians
@@leanabaynton547 when I was little I was told the same thing if their customs were like us Maori then captain Cook must of seemed great or important in their eyes or they were just hungry 🤭
The average Māori were huge back then before maccaz came along
These are my Ancestors, I am of TE-HIKUTU-O-KUPE TRIBE.
How tall are you?
Thanks mate 👍🇳🇿
When two men were slain by a single blow, this was known as 'ika hui rua' (two fish together)
Linguistic Cadence Sounding Reō Māori Tongue ' Ki ha roa'
Sounds Similar, ...also , How Taiaha iz the Top Skilled weapon Master Of The Old Pacific Polynesian Martial Arts Culturally Still Practiced amongst Māori Known as
'Mau Rakau'
The Tongue Of The Taiaha Must NEVER Touch the Ground,
Standing Straight Up
From Tip Of the Tail 2 Tip of the Tongue Should Measure Exactly YOUR Height But Stop Exactly at YOUR Chin,
That Way You Would NEVER Trip OVER Your Uneven Weapon Ratio Due to Unknown Knowledge with Māori And Clear Science Behind Body Mechanics, Because The Hakā Hē Hei Tikī, stance. Of Every Toā (warrior) to Their Taiāha (weapon) Designating a Direct Detail throughout a Calculated Dimensional Design Of YOUR OWN Default Capabilities!!!
... Remember these Measurement Points for
Patu/Mere aswell,
From Tip Of the Middle Finger to The inner Wrists Beginning is The Handles Length For Your hand, And The Blade/Club Length is Front the Wrist Point to Your Inner ElbowJoint.
When you Weld , Your Weapon is Not Ment to Self Connect with You, and Should Never Connect with Other then it's intended Purpose Which Show Māori Made Weaponry a Means of Mana, Mau Rakau at Maxed Marstery, Mau Rakau is a Merciless Design,
The Fighting Style That in Animation Looks Like Itself,
Patu/Mere (single hand) and RuaTuPatuki (double handed Club)
.... Checkout The Hidden South American Connection with the Tangata Whenua Māori ,
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'Toki kura' . Māori
'Toqui cura' . Māpuche
Exact Corresponding Connection with Each other With the incantation Sound/pronouncement with Matching Spoken Tongue the Same Exact Definitive Meaning are Legitimately the Exact Same ,
The difference is the invading Spanish conquistadors have Rule of the Natives and with Modern alphabet Have Spelt it Their Way,
And The British Colonization of New Zealand Have Spelt Māori Reo Language with Theirs,
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Able Tazman called New Zealand land of the Giants i guess we modern day Maori shrunk .Well i know i aint a giant causes every pants i buy i have to tuck them under.
No he didn't.
Kawharu was a giant too he was from tainui and battled for ngati whatua and was famous for the stripping contest for all the pa's he sacked it was said he would sack one pa and the next day two pa etc he was a giant the warriors of ngati whatua would climb on top of him like ladder! The captain of te arawa Waka was giant too his name was Tama te kapua it was said he was over 9 feet tall!
Note; "after that" not from the blood-line of Noah, but more fallen angels came to earth.
“There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.” Genesis 6:4
All iwi and hapu had giants back then? Tareha was another one of many others, from Ngāti rehia,Ngapuhi rohe?
Our tupuna as a whole were a great line of chiefs 💪🏾
On a work site they uncovered the bones of a Maori woman 6f 3inch tall ive been told that's short
These stories are of my People,Giant Warriors with enormous powers strength or Mānā as we call it,We would often eat our enemies to take there Mānā from them as Mānā was the greatest power one could possibly posses.there are weapons and skeletons from our ancestors but a lot of them have been robbed and sent to the four corners of the earth
Didn't some weapon's get buried with the warrior aswell?
Hoturoa te tangata ko Hoturope ko Hotungaitapu ,Motaitangatarou ko Ue, Rakamaomao, Katakitawhou Turongo te matua o Raukawa e.
Kia ora cuz!
Yeah I know where and I’d never tell
Nephilim! I am from new zealand and the giants are all related bk to the first giants in the Holy bible!
Here not long ago
And are still here today
Under the earth
It’s pronounced Mau ri ( roll the R )
Lol one there stories are thy capitured the sun wid flax net and beat it so would slow down
I'm sure that was Maui, he made a net,found where the sun rose every day, cast the net and beat the sun to slow it down . . . . Whities call it daylight savings!😊😊
Everyone is giant until Punjabis showed up
...and then they're SUPER giants compared to punjabis.
@@johncarapinha5600 🤣🤣👍
punjabi's are very short compared to northern europeans. average punjabi is 5′7. I don't get the complete and utter delusion Punjabis have. i know this punjabi who thinks punjabis are somehow the "master race". his belief has no basis and is just completely delusional.
@@shahrikamin4699 I’ve never seen this. Is this and the OP comment a meme?
@@douglasbubbletrousers4763 I assume OP genuinely believes what he wrote, as i have met punjabis like him