NgÃÂti PÃ Âneke is the name adopted by urban MÃÂori of diverse whakapapa living in Wellington City in the early 1900s.
âÂÂâÂÂWellington CityâÂÂâ has no direct equivalent in te reo MÃÂori. Prior to colonial settlement, pàand papakÃÂinga were located throughout the region of Te Upoko o te Ika but not exactly where population centres are now. âÂÂHapu from Taranaki moved to Te Whanganu-a-Tara (Wellington and Hutt Valley regions) in a series of excursions and migrations dating from approximately 1817. When William Wakefield arrived in Wellington Harbour in 1839 the Taranaki hapu (primarily Te ÃÂtiawa, Taranaki, NgÃÂti Tama and NgÃÂti Ruanui) were settled around the inner Harbour, extending into the outer Harbour, Hutt Valley and South coast regions.â At that time, the colonial settlers referred to the harbour as Port Nicholson, while the name used by Te Atiawa was Te Whanganui-a-Tara.
Meanwhile, the New Zealand Company planned for a city named Wellington to be established in the area now known as Hutt Valley. Upon arrival in 1839, the more sheltered site to the south was preferred and the settlement was relocated to the CapitalâÂÂs current location.
As the colonial nation grew, displaced MÃÂori looking for employment moved to cities from around the /country. After the Second World War, a strong sense of whanaungatanga among urban MÃÂori from disparate iwi led to the self-identification of quasi-iwi community groups that survive to this day. Sir ÃÂpirana Ngata was instrumental in the creation of NgÃÂti PÃ Âneke as one such in Wellington City, using the local colloquial name for the city as the unifying designation.
Te-Whanganui-a-Tara and PÃ Âneke are both used as names for Wellington City. The first recognises Te Atiawa as , where loosely translates as those with responsibility for the well-being of the land. The second honours the pan-iwi community of urban MÃÂori whose shared sense of MÃÂori-ness led to the creation of the new local , NgÃÂti PÃ Âneke.
The word "" is often attributed to a transliteration of Port Nicholson. Another possible origin is the MÃÂori phrase meaning âÂÂâÂÂto creep in the nightâÂÂâÂÂ, referring to the nighttime movement of Te Atiawa through the original wetland landscape.
NgÃÂti PÃ Âneke Young MÃÂori Club is an Urban MÃÂori cultural club that was formed in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1937. It is a pan-tribal group of MÃÂori who reside in Wellington (like NgÃÂti ÃÂkarana in Auckland and NgÃÂti RÃÂnana in London).