Jordan Manihera [SEP] occupation
Jordan Manihera
Jordan Manihera (born 8 May 1993) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a flanker for the San Diego Legion in the MLR. He also played for in the ITM Cup and the in Super Rugby.
Career.
Manihera is a native of Auckland and came up through the ranks of his province , captaining their Under 20 side to the 2012 North Championship title. He debuted for Harbour in a victory over in 2012 and went on to establish himself as a regular during the
. His descendants used Teika as their surname.
There was an earlier "Te Manihera". His pre-baptism name was Poutama - a chief of the Tangahoe hapu of Ngati Ruanui. This earlier "Te Manihera" was killed in Taupo in March 1847 and was subsequently martyred. He was however, a man quite distinct from Te Manihera Te Ikahaehae. Te Manihera Te Ikahaehae converted to Anglicanism in Whanganui in the 1850s.
Te Ikahaehae was listed in schedule 1 of the Purangi Landless Natives Act 1907 as having received