Ngāti Huia is a ''hapū'' (subtribe) of the

Ngāti Raukawa Ngāti Raukawa is a Māori iwi (tribe) with traditional bases in the Waikato, Taupō and Manawatū/ Horowhenua regions of New Zealand. In 2006, 29,418 Māori registered their affiliation with Ngāti Raukawa. History Early history Ngāti ...

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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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 Co ...

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. The leading chief of Ngāti Huia and Ngāti Raukawa in the 1820s to 1840s was

Te Whatanui Te Whatanui (died 1846) was the leading chief of the Ngāti Raukawa ''iwi'' (Māori tribe) of New Zealand from the 1820s to the 1840s. His father was Tihao of the Ngāti Huia and Ngāti Parewahawaha ''hapū'' (subtribes) of Ngāti Raukawa, which ...

, who led part of Ngāti Raukawa from their traditional lands in the south Waikato to the

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