Whakaawi
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Children | Tāwhiao |
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Current partner | Pōtatau Te Wherowhero |
Great grandchild | Te Rata |
Tumate Mahuta | |
Tonga Mahuta | |
Grandchildren | Mahuta Tāwhiao |
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ID | 4013977 |
Whakaawi Life story
Whakaawi was a Māori woman of high birth in both the Ngāti Te Wehi tribe and Ngāti Mahuta tribe, who was the senior wife of the chief Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, who died in 1860. His other wives were Waiata, Raharaha and Ngāwaero. Whakaawi gave birth to Tāwhiao at Orongokoekoea Pā, about 1825.