Tonga Mahuta
Ngati Mahuta leader
About Tonga Mahuta
Lived 1897 – 1947 (aged 49–50).
Tonga Mahuta (c. 1897 – 13 March 1947) was a New Zealand tribal leader. He was the fourth surviving son of Mahuta, the third Māori King, and a younger brother of the fourth king, Te Rata. He belonged to the Ngati Mahuta iwi of the Waikato confederation.
Tonga was one of five sons of Mahuta and Te Marae, a daughter of Amukete (Amuketi) Te Kerei, a chief who was killed at the Battle of Rangiriri in 1863. He was probably born in Hukanui, Waikato, in 1897. His elder brothers were Te Rata, Taipu (who died in March 1926) and Tumate, and he had a younger brother Te Rauangaanga.
In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.
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Who was Tonga Mahuta?
Ngati Mahuta leader
When was Tonga Mahuta born?
Tonga Mahuta was born in 1897.
When did Tonga Mahuta die?
Tonga Mahuta died on 13 March 1947.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Tonga Mahuta. https://biography.guide/tonga-mahuta/
MLA: "Tonga Mahuta." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/tonga-mahuta/.
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