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Rangi Hauiti Pokiha
Rangi Hauiti Pokiha (1895–1980) was a New Zealand farmer, surveyor, and orator. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Nga Rauru and Ngati Pamoana iwi. He was born in Koriniti beside the Whanganui River in 1895.
and Hauiti, Hauiti eventually stamped his mana over Uawa (Tolaga Bay) as it is known to many local inhabitants; hence the title of the major tribal group in this area "Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti", meaning the descendants of Hauiti.
Local hapu and the Hauiti ariki Whakatataare-o-te-rangi encountered the British explorer Captain James Cook in 1769; including Tupaia the Tahitian who accompanied Cook on his voyage around the Pacific Ocean. According to tribal tradition, Hauiti ariki Te Kani-a-