Rereahu was a Māori rangatira of Ngāti Raukawa in the Tainui tribal confederation from the Waikato region, New Zealand. He probably lived in the first half of the seventeenth century. He is the ancest
Maniapoto was a Māori rangatira of Ngāti Raukawa in the Tainui tribal confederation from the Waikato region, New Zealand, and the founding ancestor of the Ngāti Maniapoto iwi.
Rereahu
…senior to Rangi-ānewa, which had implications for the relative status of Rereahu’s children. From this marriage, there were six sons and two daughters: Maniapoto Matakore, ancestor of Ngāti Matakore…