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Retimana Te Mania of the Te Akitai people occupied lands in the
Manukau district. Retimana was associated with kāinga at Mangere,
Papakura, Tuakau and Pukekohe until the commencement of the New
Zealand Waikato land-wars.1 He
and his people together with Mohi Te Ahi a Te Ngau joined with King Tawhiao
and the Māori Kingitanga movement in 1863 to protect ancestral
lands from confiscation by the Crown.2
Retimana Te Mania and his people did have land unfairly
confiscated as noted by Wiremu Tamihana Tarapipipi in an 1865
petition to the Crown. Tamihana took the opportunity to spell out
that Māori had done no wrong yet, their lands were being taken and
given to settlers or kept for Crown use. The military presence and
soldier redoubts on the Waikato River created fear in the
community, and a Magistrates Court in Māori communities created
confusion. Tamihana's petition shows that these things were not
requested nor sanctioned by Māori.3
In late life, Retimana lived at Pukaki, near present-day
Mangere, and Ihumatao near what is now Auckland International
Airport.
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