Paora Tūhaere ( 1825 – 12 March 1892) was a leader of the

Ngāti Whātua Ngāti Whātua is a Māori iwi (tribe) of the lower Northland Peninsula of New Zealand's North Island. It comprises a confederation of four hapū (subtribes) interconnected both by ancestry and by association over time: Te Uri-o-Hau, Te Roroa ...

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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. ...

(tribe) of

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, New Zealand, in the 19th century. His mother was Atareta Tuha, the sister of Ngāti Whātua leader

Apihai Te Kawau Apihai Te Kawau (died November 1869) was a paramount chief of the Ngāti Whātua Māori iwi (tribe) of Auckland (), New Zealand in the 19th century. Te Kawau's father was Tarahawaiki and his grandfather was Tūperiri, the principal leader of T ...

, and his father was Whanararei, from

Te Taoū Te Taoū is a Māori iwi (tribe) of Northland and the Auckland Region in New Zealand. Together with Te Uri-o-Hau, Te Roroa and Ngāti Whātua-o-Ōrākei, it comprises the iwi (tribe) of Ngāti Whātua. The four iwi can act together or separate ...

hapū of Ngāti Whātua. He became the acknowledged leader of the iwi when Te Kawau died in 1869. Tūhaere was born at Hikurangi near

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on the west coast of the

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, during the time of the

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, when Ngāti Whātua took refuge in the ranges and the

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1892 deaths Ngāti Whātua people Year of birth unknown 1820s births Te Taoū people People from the Auckland Region {{Māori-bio-stub