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TU TE HOUNUKU KORAKO Tu Te Hounuku Korako, rangatira of Ngaitahu, direct descendant of Tahu, and the last of his line, died at Tuahiwi, his birthplace, at the age of 86 years. He represented Ngaitahu in England at the jubilee of Queen Victoria and also at the opening of the Federal Parliament of Australia in 1901, which the Duke and Duchess of York attended. Tu Te Hounuku was the great-grandson of the chieftainess Te Whee Ariki and a nephew of Iwikau, rangatira of the hapu Rakiamoa, who was signatory to the Treaty of Waitangi. On his mother's side he was the great-great-grandson of the tohunga Naki Moroiti, chieftainess of Westland.

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Te Ao Hou, November 1957, Page 3

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110

TU TE HOUNUKU KORAKO Te Ao Hou, November 1957, Page 3

TU TE HOUNUKU KORAKO Te Ao Hou, November 1957, Page 3

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