A Ngati Te Ra (hapu of Ngati Toa) chief killed with Te Rauparaha's children, including his own son Taiko, at Te Wii, Ohau, by Muaupoko during the first Ngati Toa migration. He was closely associated with Te Rauparaha whose first wife, Marore, was a first cousin. Te Rauparaha later married Te Poa's daughter Te Kahuirangi while his daughter, Te Uira, was married to Te Poa's son Taiko, both of whom were killed in the above incident. Two of Te Poa's grand daughters were married to Te Rauparaha's great grandson Wi Neera Te Kanae, from whom the Wineera families, from Porirua, are descended.
Te Poa, -1822?
Te Poakai, -1822?
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Manuscript
Ngahira Kiniwe Roera collection : Tribal histories / Whakapapa / Family history
Date: 1874-1967
From: Royal family : Papers (Te Whanau a Roera Hukiki Te Ahukaramu)
Reference: MS-Papers-4563-6F/03
Description: Included is information (extracts from Otaki minute book no.2, 1874) regarding land claims with particular reference to Muhunoa, near Otaki, which was disputed between sections of Ngati Toa and Ngati Raukawa. Also gives information about migrations of the Ngati Raukawa tribe from Waikato during the 1830s and settlement patterns in the Horowhenua. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Manuscript
Maori notebook, whakapapa of Ngati Toa written in a number of hands including Rakera
Date: [ca 1850-1870]
By: Houston, John, 1891-1962
Reference: MS-1547
Description: Includes historical notes about meetings, lists of hapu and their tupuna, extensive genealogies of Ngati Toa, an account of Te Rauparaha's actions and notes about Rakera's family. Also includes lists of hapu with their corresponding eponymous ancestor, and an account in Maori of the death of Marore, wife of Te Rauparaha, by the Ngati Pou, and the marriage of Nohorua, the eldest brother of Te Rauparaha, to Wharemawhai of the Ngati Rahiri. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (ca 140 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (24 cm; vellum)