Tamairangi (fl. 1820–1828)
Tamairangi (fl. 1820–1828)
New Zealand tribal leader and poet. Dau. of Te Ronaki and Kahukura-a-Tane; m. Whanake (Te Huka-tai-o-Ruatapu); children: 2.
Highly regarded leader from Porirua to Cape Palliser, and the northern parts of South Island; captured by party of Ngati Mutunga during period of tribal unrest (c. 1824); sang a moving waiata she had composed to bid farewell to her lands, and was released by captors.
See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 1).
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