Tūwharetoa

"Tūwharetoa i te Aupōuri, also called Tūwharetoa-waekae-rakau, ..." (Waitangi Tribunal, 2013; Wikipedia, 2024).

"Tūwharetoa is regarded as the eponymous ancestor of the iwi. He was bom at Te Pare o te rāwahirua (at Ōtamarākau)..." (Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Bay Of Plenty) [ Ngāti Tūwharetoa] & Her Majesty The Queen [HMQ], 2003).

"Tuwharetoa was educated and became skilled in all aspects of the whare wananga,
becoming a man of great knowledge, wisdom and leadership. He had
considerable powers in makutu." (Ngāti Tūwharetoa & HMQ, 2003).

"To them [ Hāhuru & Mawake Taupo] a son, Manaia, was bom. In later years, when Mawake Taupo passed on his mana to his son, Manaia was renamed Tūwharetoa." (Ngāti Tūwharetoa & HMQ, 2003).

"...he [ Tūwharetoa] took Hinemotu... ...they had eight children; Rakeipoho, Rakeihopukia, Taniwha, Hinengarorangi, Turangiawe, Te Aotahi, Poukopa and Poutomuri." (Department of Maori Studies, 1986).

"He [ Tūwharetoa] had 17 children..." (Ngāti Tūwharetoa & HMQ, 2003).

Sources

Department of Maori Studies. (1986). Te whakatuwheratanga o Te Tumu Herenga Waka : 6 Tihema 1986, Poneke, Te Whare Wananga o Wikitoria. Victoria University of Wellington.
https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-VUWMarae1986-t2-body-...

Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Bay Of Plenty)., & Her Majesty The Queen. (2003, June 6). Deed of settlement of the historical claims of Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Bay Of Plenty) [Deed]. New Zealand Government.
https://www.govt.nz/assets/Documents/OTS/Ngati-Tuwharetoa-Bay-of-Pl...

Ngāti Tūwharetoa., Te Kotahitanga O Ngāti Tūwharetoa., & The Crown. (2017, July 8). Deed of settlement of historical claims [Deed]. New Zealand Government.
https://www.govt.nz/browse/history-culture-and-heritage/treaty-sett...

Tamakana. (2020). Whakapapa: Tuwharetoa.
https://tamakana.nz/tamakana-whakapapa/

Te Korowai o Wainuiārua., Te Korowai o Wainuiārua Trust., & The Crown. (2023, July 29). Te tihi o te rae - Deed of settlement of historical claims [Deed]. New Zealand Government.
https://www.govt.nz/assets/Documents/OTS/Central-Whanganui/Te-Korow...

Waitangi Tribunal. (2013). Te Kāhui Maunga: The national park district inquiry report [Volume 1]. Legislation Direct, Government of New Zealand.
https://www.waitangitribunal.govt.nz/assets/WT-Vol-1-Kahui-Maunga-R...

Waitangi Tribunal. (2015). He whiritaunoka: the Whanganui land report. Legislation Direct, Government of New Zealand.
https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/WT/wt_DOC_97551683/H...

Wikipedia. (2024, March 13). Tūwharetoa i te Aupōuri.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%ABwharetoa_i_te_Aup%C5%8Duri