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Otirā, ko ētahi o ngā rangatira tōmua o te iwi ko Taharua, ko Taiuru, ko Tāwhaki, ko wai atu; kua tapaina ētahi o ngā hapū mō rātou. Taka rawa ki te rau tau 1800, ko ētahi o ngā rangatira whakahau o te iwi ko Whataangaanga Tūpaea, Tūterangiānini, Tukukino Te Ahiātaewa, Tāraia Ngākuti Te Tumuhuia.
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His people, Ngāti Tamaterā, are a major tribe within the Marutūahu confederation, and their leaders have been prominent in Hauraki history and Marutūahu tribal affairs for many generations. Important early chiefs such as Taharua, Taiuru and Tāwhaki, along with others, have sub-tribes bearing their names. Among the tribe’s 19th-century leaders were Whataangaanga Tūpaea, Tūterangiānini, Tukukino Te Ahiātaewa and Tāraia Ngākuti Te Tumuhuia.
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