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Te Houkamau had three wives: Mere Raiha Hineitukua, with whom he had two children, Iritana and Petera; Hariata, with whom he had Apikara; and Ripeka Paiatehau (Mere's younger sister), with whom he had Te Hatiwira, Wingara and Tipiwai. Te Hatiwira had joined his father in fighting the Hauhau, and was at Te Mawhai pa, at Tokomaru Bay, in September 1865 when it was attacked during the absence of its chief, Henare Potae. The pa was successfully defended by Te Hatiwira and a group of women, one of whom, Mere Arihi Te Pana, he later married. After the war in Waiapu he fought with government forces in Poverty Bay and in the Urewera, and commanded a company of Ngati Porou sent to Taranaki to fight Titokowaru.
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