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Paoa

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Son of Hekemaru and Hekeiterangi
Husband of Tauhākari; Tukutuku and Rauhea
Father of Toapoto; Toawhano; Koura; Tipa; Horowhenua and 4 others
Brother of Mahuta and Paretahuri, N/Pikiao

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About Paoa

"...Pāoa was the youngest child of Hekemaru from Te Arawa and Heke-i-te-Rangi of Tainui. Ngāti Pāoa tradition states that the union of Hekemaru and Heke-i-te-Rangi brought all of the ancestral canoes together." (Ngāti Pāoa et al., 2021).

"...Pāoa lived at Kaitōtehe with his wife, Tauhākari and his children Toapoto, Toawhano and Koura. ...elder brother Mahuta..." (Ngāti Pāoa et al., 2021).

"Pāoa married Tukutuku, the great grand–daughter of Marutūāhu." (Ngāti Pāoa et al., 2021).

"The children of Paoa and Tukutuku, of whom Tipa and Horowhenua were prominent rangatira, primarily lived in and around the Hauraki Plains, near their relations of Ngāti Tamaterā. Following a battle between the brothers Tipa and Horowhenua, with their half–brothers, Toapoto and Toawhano at Tikitikimaurea." (Ngāti Pāoa et al., 2021).

Sources

Jones, P. T., & Biggs, B. (1995).
Nga Iwi o Tainui: The Traditional History of the Tainui People/Nga Koorero Tuku Iho o Nga Tuupuna. 163. Auckland University Press.

Kelly, L. G. (1940). Taupiri pa.
The Journal of the Polynesian Society, 49(193).
https://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document/Volume_49_1940/Volume_49,_N...

Ngāti Pāoa., Trustees of the Ngāti Pāoa Iwi Trust., & The Crown. (2021, March 19). Deed of settlement of historical claims. The Government of New Zealand.
https://www.govt.nz/assets/Documents/OTS/Ngati-Paoa/2021-03-20-N-Pa...

Te Hurinui, P. (1958). Maori Genealogies. The Journal of the Polynesian Society 67(2). 162-165.
https://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document/Volume_67_1958/Volume_67%2C...