Te Matenga Taiaroa [SEP] date of death
Te Matenga Taiaroa
Te Matenga Taiaroa ( 1795 – 2 February 1863) was a notable New Zealand tribal leader. A Māori, he identified with the Ngai Tahu (South Island) iwi.
Hori Kerei Taiaroa
Hori Kerei Taiaroa (born 1830s or early 1840s – 4 August 1905), also known as Huriwhenua, was a Māori member of the New Zealand parliament and the Paramount Chief of the southern iwi of Ngāi Tahu. The son of Ngāi Tahu leader Te Matenga Taiaroa and Mawera Taiaroa, he was born at Otakau on the Otago Peninsula in the 1830s or early 1840s.
He represented the Southern Maori electorate from 1871 to February 1879, when he appointed to the Legislative Council. He was disqualified from the