potatau - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

Pōtatau, Hēmi

1. (personal name) (1904-1994) Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Rākaipākā; Presbyterian minister, soldier, author of He Hokinga Mahara, the only full-length autobiography written in Māori.

(Te Māhuri Audio Tapes/CDs (Ed. 2): exercise 12;)

Wherowhero, Pōtatau Te

1. (personal name) (?1760-1860) Waikato, Ngāti Mahuta; leader, warrior and first Māori King of the Kīngitanga.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 2-23; Te Kōhure Video Tapes (Ed. 1): 1;)

Mahuta Tāwhiao Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

1. (personal name) (1854/55?-1912) Ngāti Mahuta; leader and third Māori King (1894-1907), he was also a member of the Legislative Council from 1903 to 1910.

Ko te whakaaro nō te tau 1854, 1855 kē rānei, te wā i whānau ai a Mahuta Tāwhiao ki Whatiwhatihoe, takiwā o Waikato (TTR 1996:83). / It is thought that Mahuta Tāwhiao was born in 1854 or 1855 at Whatiwhatihoe a place in Waikato.

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