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Story: Ngāti Maniapoto

Genealogical chart showing Maniapoto’s marriages

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Genealogical chart showing Maniapoto’s marriages

Maniapoto had three wives. He was first married to Hinemania to whom was born the celebrated Te Kawairirangi. He then married Hinewhatihua and later her daughter from a former marriage, Paparauwhare.

Whakapapa from information provided by Tūhuatahi Tui Adams

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Tūhuatahi Tui Adams and Paul Meredith, Ngāti Maniapoto – The ancestor Maniapoto, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/whakapapa/3565/genealogical-chart-showing-maniapotos-marriages (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Tūhuatahi Tui Adams and Paul Meredith, published 4 March 2009, updated 22 March 2017.