Te Manihera Te Ikahaehae was a

Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the C ...

Anglican Lay-preacher from the Ngāti Maru of Taranaki iwi. He converted to Anglicanism in the 1850s. He was responsible for bringing the Bell of

Purangi Purangi is a locality east of Inglewood, New Zealand, situated on the banks of the Waitara River The source of the Waitara River lies in the very steep hill country to the east of Mount Taranaki/Egmont, near Tahora. After proceeding in a south ...

from Whanganui to Taranaki. Prior to his conversion, his name was simply Te Ikahaehae. Te Manihera was a post baptismal name given to him in remembrance of CMS clergy, Rev. Maunsell. Later in life, he was known to have reverted to his original name Te Ikahaehae or shortened to Te Ika. His descendants used Teika as their surname. There was an earlier "Te Manihera". His pre-baptism name was Poutama - a chief of the Tangahoe hapu of Ngati Ruanui. This earlier "Te Manihera" was killed in Taupo in March 1847 and was subsequently martyred. He was however, a man quite distinct from Te Manihera Te Ikahaehae. Te Manihera Te Ikahaehae converted to Anglicanism in Whanganui in the 1850s. Te Ikahaehae was listed in schedule 1 of the

Landless Natives Act 1907 as having received land under this legislation. His nephew, Tutanuku Tume, one of the leading men of

was also listed.

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