Mananui Te Heuheu Tūkino II (died 7 May 1846) was a New Zealand

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tribal leader of the

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. The eldest son of Herea Te Heuheu Tukino I and his first wife, Rangiaho of

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, Mananui was born in Pamotumotu,

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, near the Mangatutu Stream and was the second of the Te Heuheu line to assume the leadership of Ngāti Tūwharetoa. Mananui traced his ancestry to

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, commander of

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canoe, and to its priest, Ngatoro-i-rangi. He was distantly related to Potatau Te Wherowhero of

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and

Te Rauparaha Te Rauparaha ( – 27 November 1849) was a Māori rangatira, warlord, and chief of the Ngāti Toa iwi. One of the most powerful military leaders of the Musket Wars, Te Rauparaha fought a war of conquest that greatly expanded Ngāti Toa south ...

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. He belonged to Ngāti Pehi (now Ngāti Turumakina), Ngāti Hukere and Ngāti Hinewai hapū, and in his youth lived at Pamotumotu. Mananui led Ngāti Tūwharetoa in war against other tribes, including a war with Ngāti Maru from about 1822 to 1832. On the morning of 7 May 1846, an avalanche of mud descended from Hipaua Hill at the back of Te Rapa pā, and overwhelmed Te Heuheu, his six wives, his eldest son, Tamati Waka, and fifty-four others. Only two people who were in the

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survived. The pā is buried under of mud. The cause of the calamity was heavy rain three days earlier, which had caused small landslides that blocked a small valley partway up Hipaua Hill. Water from the rains and from hot springs at the top of the valley built up behind the barrier, until it burst, creating a great avalanche of thick mud and large masses of stone, which buried the pā. The Rev. Richard Taylor was present on 1 July 1846 at the

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for Te Heuheu. Mananui was succeeded by his brother

Iwikau Te Heuheu Tūkino III Iwikau Te Heuheu Tūkino III (died October 1862) was a 19th century New Zealand Māori leader of the Ngāti Tūwharetoa Ngāti Tūwharetoa is an iwi descended from Ngātoro-i-rangi, the priest who navigated the Arawa canoe to New Zealand. T ...

in 1846 and was the father of Te Heuheu Tūkino IV who assumed the leadership of Ngāti Tūwharetoa in October 1862 following the death of his uncle Iwikau.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Te Heuheu Tukino 2, Mananui Year of birth unknown 1846 deaths 19th-century Māori tribal leaders People from Taupō Ngāti Tūwharetoa people Te Heuheu family