Ākenehi Tōmoana

Ākenehi Tōmoana (, ) was a Māori leader of chiefly status (wāhine rangatira), landowner, suffragist and women's rights activist in New Zealand.

Biography Tōmoana was a prominent New Zealand Māori leader of chiefly status, descended from Ngāti Te Rangiita, Ngāti Turakiwai, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti and Ngāti Tūwharetoa.

In 1852, Tōmoana married chief Hēnare Tōmoana of Heretaunga (died 1904). It was the second marriage for them both. They 13 children together including their son Paraire Hēnare Tōmoana, who became a sportsman. They were the first women recorded to address the lower house and called for Māori women to be able to vote and stand for parliamentary seats. At Te Haukē Marae, the group established a forum to discuss women's suffrage, equal rights for women, temperance, and the need to stop selling ancestral land.

Tōmoana became ill in 1899 and retired from her campaigning activities.