Matakore
…Rongorito), many of whom were the ancestors of hapū (sub-tribes) of Ngāti Maniapoto. Matakore and Maniapoto both settled in the Mohoao-nui swamp, east of Ōtorohanga. They both decided to build houses at Waiponga on the north bank of the Waipā River a little to the east of Ōtorohanga. Matakore found a tall kahikatea…