Whatihua was a Māori rangatira (chief) in the Tainui confederation of tribes, based at Kāwhia, New Zealand. He quarrelled with his brother, Tūrongo, and as a result Tainui was split between them, with Whatihua receiving the northern Waikato region, including Kāwhia. He probably lived in the early sixteenth century.[1]
Whatihua was a Māori rangatira (chief) in the Tainui confederation of tribes, based at Kāwhia, New Zealand. He quarrelled with his brother, Tūrongo, and...
36°53′20″S 174°28′00″E / 36.88889°S 174.46667°E / -36.88889; 174.46667 Lake Whatihua Auckland Region Dune lake east of Waiuku on Āwhitu Peninsula 37°16′30″S...
father of Moe-puia, father of Whana-a-rangi, father of Apakura, who married Whatihua of Tainui and became the ancestor of Ngāti Apakura. The story of Tamatea...
Pirongia, where he met and married Rerei-ao, a descendant of the brothers Whatihua and Tūrongo and through them of Hoturoa, captain of the Tainui canoe. The...
whose son was married to Te Ihinga-a-rangi's great-granddaughter, Hine-Whatihua. He visited Te Ihinga-a-rangi’s settlement at Ōngārahu, and Te Ihinga-a-rangi...
dunes, including Lake Otamatearoa, Lake Puketi, Lake Rotoiti and Lake Whatihua. In 1950 Land Information New Zealand designated "Karioitahi" to be the...
the most prominent rangatira around the Kāwhia Harbour after defeating Whatihua in a battle at Mahea-takataka. Through his father Kaihamu was a direct...
Te Hurinui Jones, Hotunui was the son of Uenuku-te-rangi-hōkā, son of Whatihua (through whom he was a male-line descendant of Hoturoa, the captain of...
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