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Mrs Kaiwhiri Mangoroa Mrs Kaiwhiri Mangoroa, a chieftainess of Ngati Manunui sub-tribe of Ngati Tuwharetoa has died at Pukehou, near Manunui. She was one of the principal owners of land at Pukawa on the shores of Lake Taupo. It was there in November, 1856, that the first important meeting of Maori chiefs was held and a unanimous decision made to offer the Maori kingship to Potatau Te Wherowhero. Recently to mark the centennial of that meeting Mrs Mangoroa and her cousin, Kahu He Kuru, made an award of an area of land at Pukawa to Koroki, the direct descendent of Potatau.

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Te Ao Hou, December 1956, Page 3

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Mrs Kaiwhiri Mangoroa Te Ao Hou, December 1956, Page 3

Mrs Kaiwhiri Mangoroa Te Ao Hou, December 1956, Page 3