Kahupāke Rongonui ( 1868/1869 – 17 January 1947) was a notable New Zealand tribal leader. Of
Māori
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descent, she identified with the
Te Ākitai Waiohua
Te Ākitai Waiohua is a Māori iwi of the southern part of the Auckland Region of New Zealand.
History
Te Ākitai Waiohua are descended from Kiwi Tāmaki, the grandson of Huakaiwaka, himself the ancestor of the Waiohua iwi, who lived in Tāmaki ...
iwi
Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori, roughly means or , and is often translated as "tribe". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, and is typically pluralised as such in English.
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. She was born in
Auckland
Auckland ( ; ) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region, the area governed by Auckland Council, which includes outlying rural areas and ...
, New Zealand in about 1868.
References
1860s births
1947 deaths
People from Auckland
Te Ākitai Waiohua people
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