Story: Ngāti Maniapoto

The ancestor Rereahu

Rereahu chose Maniapoto, his son by a second marriage, to succeed him as chief rather than Te Ihingaarangi, his eldest son by his first marriage. Some of Te Ihingaarangi’s people still live in Ōtorohanga as Ngāti Te Ihingaarangi. Photographed around 1900, this carving of Rereahu is on the front post of Te Tokanganui-a-noho marae at Te Kūiti.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Cussen Collection (PAColl-4069)

Reference: 1/2-045718; F

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How to cite this page

Tūhuatahi Tui Adams and Paul Meredith, Ngāti Maniapoto – The ancestor Maniapoto, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/955/the-ancestor-rereahu (accessed 4 June 2026).

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

Comments

Shaun Magner
05 September 2022

This carving of Tetahi no longer exists

Noeleen Kino
15 April 2013

Nga mihi