Tāreha Te Moananui

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Ariki Tāreha Te Moananui MP


Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Eastern Maori
In office 1868–1870
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Karaitiana Takamoana

Personal details
Born	1800–1810 Ahuriri
Died	(1880-12-19)19 December 1880
Spouse	Mere Te Huia Te Apatari
Children	Te Roera Tareha & Kurupo
Residence	Pā Whakairo
Profession	Paramount Chief & Political Leader
Military service
Allegiance	Ngāti Kahungunu
Battles/wars	New Zealand Wars

Tāreha Te Moananui
Paramount Chief of Heretaunga
Predecessor	Te Moananui
Successor	Rēnata Kawepō
Born	Tāreha
House	Rangikamangungu
Father	Oneone
Mother	Hamene

Tāreha Te Moananui (died 19 December 1880) was a Paramount Chief of the Ngāti Kahungunu iwi,^[1] and a Māori member of Parliament in New Zealand from 1868 to 1870.

Born between 1800 and 1810,^[2] Tāreha was the son of the great Chief Oneone of Ngāti Rangikamangungu and Hāmene of Ngāi Tūhoe.^[3] He received the paramountcy and name of Te Moananui following the death of Ngāti Kahungunu leader Kurupō Te Moananui in 1861.^[4]

Tāreha was known as 'Te Mokopuna a Tangaroa', this is due to his families close descent and association with Pania and the Ponaturi tribe who live in the sea. Because of this the ancestral Wharenui at Waiohiki is called Hau Te Ana Nui, which is also the name of his ancestor Tangaroa's house in the ocean.

Tāreha was one of four Māori elected in 1868 for the new Māori electorates in the New Zealand Parliament, and he was the first of the four to speak in Parliament. He represented the electorate of Eastern Maori from 1868 to 1870, when he retired.^[5]

He died on 19 December 1880, and his tangi and funeral took place at Waiohiki, near Taradale.^[2] He had two surviving children, sons Te Roera Tāreha (1850s–1941) and Kurupō Tāreha (1871–1938).^[1]

New Zealand Parliament
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1868–1870	4th	Eastern Maori			Independent

References

^ ^a ^b Ballara, Angela; Tareha-O'Reilly, Taape. "Tāreha, Kurupo and Tāreha, Te Roera". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
^ ^a ^b "The funeral of Tareha". Hawke's Bay Herald. 31 December 1880. p. 3. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
^ "Whakapapa of Te Roera Tāreha and Kurupō Tāreha". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. April 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
^ Ballara, Angela. "Te Moananui, Kurupō". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840–1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.

New Zealand Parliament
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Eastern Maori 1868–1870	Succeeded by Karaitiana Takamoana

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