Te Rauangaanga

Te Rauangaanga (sometimes written Te Rau-angaanga or Te Rau-anga-anga) was the chief of the Ngāti Mahuta tribe of the Waikato tribal confederation and the principal war chief of the confederation in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. His son Pōtatau Te Wherowhero became the first Maori king. Te Rau-angaanga married Parengaope, daughter of a chief of Ngāti Koura, a hapū (subtribe) of Waikato.