| |
| | DNZB / BIOGRAPHY |
 | | The father of Te Waharoa was Tangimoana of Ngati Haua. |
 | | The brother of Tangimoana, Taiporutu, was killed at the gateway of Te Kawau pa, near the mouth of the Tongaporutu River, in the late eighteenth century, and his young nephew was named Te Waharoa (the gateway) in commemoration of this event. |
 | | While Te Waharoa was still a small child, the pa at Maungakawa, near Matamata, where he lived with his mother, was sacked by a party of Te Arawa, led by Pango of Ngati Whakaue. |
| www.dnzb.govt.nz /dnzb/Essay_Body.asp?PersonEssay=1T81&QuickSearch=true (1279 words) |
|