TUTAWHIAO]

Te Ao Hou, October 1956, Page 3

TUTAWHIAO] A large tangi was held recently at Turangawaewae Pa, Ngaruawahia, for Tutawhiao, a well-known Ngati Maniapoto chief, who was closely connected with the family of Koroki. Tutawhiao, who was more than 80 years old, resided in recent years at Ngaruawahia with Koroki. Tutawhiao was the grandson of Tuhoro, who was one of the three leading Ngati Maniapoto chiefs with whom Potauta the first Maori King, consulted before accepting that office almost a century ago. Poihaere, the mother of Tutawhiao, subsequently became one of the younger wives of King Tawhiao (the second Maori King). Tutawhiao was adopted by Tongotamaiwhana, a chief of the Ngati Tuwharetoa, and a grandson of Heuheu I, and the fact that he spent most of his life among the Taupo people was a reason for such a representative attendance of them at his tangihanga. Atawhai Tutawhiao, son of the late chief, married Hera, daughter of Tonga Mahuta and in recent years Tutawhiao spent most of his time between their home at Waahi and Ngaruawahia. The late Kata, the wife of Hohepa Hawera, well known in Ratana circles, was Tutawhiao's half-sister.