Anaru Matete [SEP] country of citizenship
Anaru Matete
Anaru Matete (–19 September 1890) was a New Zealand rongowhakaata leader and farmer. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Rongowhakaata iwi. He was born in East Coast, New Zealand.
suspicion of treachery after allegations that he was collaborating with the enemy and firing blanks.
Wairoa expeditions to Waikaremoana.
Despite a general surrender at the fall of Waerenga-a-Hika on 22 November, Pai Mārire reinforcements from Turanganui, who had arrived with chiefs Anaru Matete and Te Waru Tamatea during the siege to battle Fraser's forces, were able to escape. A group of about 100 men fled to the upper Wairoa with Anaru, while others went further inland to Waikaremoana in the Urewera mountains. On 25 December