Herakuao (Ngapora) Manuwhiri (abt. 1834 - aft. 1880)

Born about 1834 in Waikato, Aotearoa, later New Zealand

Ancestors

Wife of Matutaera Tawhiao Tukaroto Potatau Te Wherowhero — married 1850 in Whatiwhatihoe, Waipa, New Zealand

Descendants

Died after 1880 after about age 46 in Waikato, New Zealand

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Biography

Herakuao or Hera as she was more widely known, was the daughter of Tamati Ngapora a Chief of Ngāti Mahuta and his wife, whose name was also Hera.^[1] Hera's parents were also first cousins, the preferred Maori marriage, particularly for the high-born. A genealogy table constructed by George Graham shows the precise connections between Hera's parents as well her connection to King Tawhiao, who she married.^[2]

Hera's connection to her husband, Tawhiao.

Hera married King Tawhiao^[3] around 1850. This date is surmised by the births of their children. The eldest Tiahuia, was born around 1852 and their next child Mahuta, later - King Mahuta, was born around 1854.^[4] Both children were born at Whatiwhatihoe, so it is more than likely that is where Tawhiao and Hera were married.

Sources

1. ↑ Steven Oliver. 'Ngapora, Tamati', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/1n6/ngapora-tamati (accessed 8 November 2018)
2. ↑ Journal of the Polynesian Society, Volume 58 1949, No. 2, Pare Hauraki - Pare Waikato, by George Graham, p 68-76; http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document/?wid=2520
3. ↑ http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/states/oceania/maori.html
4. ↑ Angela Ballara. 'Mahuta Tawhiao Potatau Te Wherowhero', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3m35/mahuta-tawhiao-potatau-te-wherowhero (accessed 8 November 2018)