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16b. MAHINARANGI
16b. MAHINARANGI
Mahinarangi was born in the Heretaunga district and was of rangatira status by virtue of the fact that she was the grand-daughter of Rangituehu who was the great, great grandson of Kahungunu.
As a young woman she was taken as a wife to Turongo, a young chief of the Waikato tribe. One of their children was Raukawa, the eponymous ancestor of the Ngati Raukawa iwi. This line traces her descent through Maniapoto to Potatau (of the Maori King movement).
There is a carved meeting house named after Mahinarangi at Turangawaewae marae at Ngaruawahia which was used by King Koroki as a reception room. It is a tohu maumahara to this famous ancestress.