Mōkena Kōhere (1812 – 4 March 1894) was a New Zealand tribal leader, assessor and politician. Of

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descent, he identified with the

Ngāti Porou Ngāti Porou is a Māori iwi traditionally located in the East Cape and Gisborne regions of the North Island of New Zealand. Ngāti Porou is affiliated with the 28th Maori Battalion and has the second-largest affiliation of any iwi in New Zealand ...

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. He was born in

Rangitukia Rangitukia is a small settlement 10 kilometres south of East Cape in the northeast of New Zealand's North Island. It is near the mouth of the Waiapu River. The settlement is an important place in Ngāti Porou and the founding place for Christian mi ...

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, New Zealand. He was a member of the

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from his appointment on 11 October 1872 until his resignation on 25 April 1887.

Rēweti Kōhere Rēweti Tūhorouta Kōhere (11 April 1871 – 9 August 1954) was a New Zealand Anglican clergyman, newspaper journalist and editor, farmer, writer, historian. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngāti Porou iwi. Early life and educ ...

and

Hēnare Kōhere Hēnare Mōkena Kōhere (10 March 1880 – 16 September 1916) was a New Zealand farmer and soldier. Of Māori, English and French descent, he identified with the Ngāti Porou iwi. He was born in Te Araroa, East Coast, New Zealand, on 10 Marc ...

were his grandsons. Mokena Kohere Street in

Manakau Manakau is a settlement in the Horowhenua District, at the boundary of the Manawatū-Whanganui and Wellington regions of New Zealand's North Island. It lies 8 km north of Otaki and 12 km south of Levin, and is connected to both via S ...

, Horowhenua, is named for him.

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1894 deaths Ngāti Porou people Māori politicians People from Rangitukia Members of the New Zealand Legislative Council Māori MLCs 1812 births 19th-century New Zealand politicians Halbert-Kohere family {{Māori-bio-stub