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Biography: Te Herekiekie

Te Herekiekie's house at Tokaanu

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Te Herekiekie's house at Tokaanu

The Reverend Richard Taylor, who made this sketch of a carved whare, noted that it was built by 'Te Heuheu' (probably Iwikau Te Heuheu Tukino III) for Te Herekiekie to symbolise the end of an argument between them, possibly over leadership of Ngāti Tūwharetoa.

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Steven Oliver. 'Te Herekiekie', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/2197/te-herekiekies-house-at-tokaanu (accessed 4 June 2026).