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Tamamutu was the oldest son of Te Rangi-ita and Waitapu. [1] Through his father, Te Rangi-ita, he was a descendant of Tūwharetoa i te Aupōuri. [2] His mother was the daughter of Te Ata-inutai of Ngāti Raukawa, through whom he was a descendant of Hoturoa, captain of the Tainui canoe. [3]
Pōtatau Te Wherowhero (died 25 June 1860) was a Māori rangatira who reigned as the inaugural Māori King from 1858 until his death. A powerful nobleman and a leader of the Waikato iwi of the Tainui confederation, he was the founder of the Te Wherowhero royal dynasty.
When he was nearing death, he went to Pukeroa and had his brother-in-law, Tū-irirangi, gather the people for a hui. When the people had gathered, Maniapoto told them to perform the tū waewae haka (a war dance with weapons). He was not impressed with any of the groups’ performances except for that of his own family, led by his son Te Kawa ...
Māui is the son of Taranga, the wife of Makeatutara.He was a miraculous birth – his mother threw her premature infant [a] into the sea wrapped in a tress of hair from her topknot (tikitiki) – hence Māui's full name is Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga.
Hine-nui-te-pō, also known as the "Great Woman of Night" is a giant goddess of death and the underworld. [2] Her father is Tāne, the god of forests and land mammals. Her mother Hine-ahu-one is a human, made from earth. Hine-nui-te-pō is the second child of Tāne and Hine-ahu-one.
Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki (c. 1832–1893) was a Māori leader and guerrilla fighter who was the founder of the Ringatū religion.. While fighting alongside government forces against the Hauhau in 1865, he was accused of spying.
Te Whatuiāpiti was the son of Te Hikawera (I) and Hinetemoa. [3] [4] Through his father, he was a descendant of Rākei-hikuroa by his wife Pāpāuma; Kahungunu; Tamatea Arikinui, the captain of the Tākitimu canoe; and the early explorer Toi. [5]
Tāwhiao's name changed throughout his life. Initially known as Tūkaroto, he was later baptised Matutaera by Anglican missionary Robert Burrows, [4] [12] a name he would repudiate in 1867. [13] Te Ua Haumēne, the Hauhau prophet and founder of the Pai Mārire faith, sought counsel with the king in the 1860s.