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Te whakatuwheratanga o Te Tumu Herenga Waka : 6 Tihema 1986, Poneke, Te Whare Wananga o Wikitoria

[Rongomaiwahine]

Rongomaiwahine is a descendant of Popoto, (commander of the Kurahaupo waka). She lived at Mahia in the Hawkes Bay area, and she was renowned for her beauty.

Kahungunu hearing of her beauty and the "challenge" she had issued; "Na te mea ano ra he kopua papaku, mehemea e taka mai ana ki te kopua hohonu a Rapa e tuhera atu nei, pokopoko ana ia ki roto"; he was determined to have her. Although, Rongomaiwahine had just married Tama-taku-tai, Kahungunu used every means at his disposal to convince her people that he was the proper husband for their daughter. He eventually claimed Rongomaiwahine to wife and from this union was the beginning of a great number of the hapu of the Tairawhiti, being; Rakai-Paka, (Nuhaka), Kura-Hikakawa, (Ngati Kura/Mohaka), Whakarau, (Nga Potiki), Mahaki, (Aitanga-a-Mahaki) and others: Raukawa, (Ngati Raukawa), Maniapoto, (Ngati Maniapoto).