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Kōrero: Te mana o te wāhine – Māori women

Ko Mākereti Hinewai

Mākereti Hinewai

Ko Mākereti Hinewai te kaiārahi o te hapū o Ngāti Kaputuhi, nō Ngāti Maniapoto. Koia te māngai o te hapū ki ngā take whenua i roto i te Kōti Whenua Māori.

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Rawinia Higgins rāua ko Paul Meredith, Te mana o te wāhine – Māori women – Leadership after colonisation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/31572/ko-makereti-hinewai (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rawinia Higgins rāua ko Paul Meredith, i tāngia i te 10 May 2011, updated 1 June 2017.

Comments

Catherine
25 November 2011
Makereti Hinewai was also the niece and adopted daughter of high ranking chief Rewi Manga Maniapoto. Rewi adopted Makereti as his daughter after the death of his only child Te Kore. On Rewi's death his "mana" and leadership was passed onto Makereti Hinewai who lived in Kihikihi.