# Matenga

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**Matenga** is often a Māori name. Notable people with the name include:

- [Edward Matenga](/source/Edward_Matenga), Zimbabwean archaeologist
- [Hoani Matenga](/source/Hoani_Matenga) (born 1987), New Zealand rugby player
- [Huria Matenga](/source/Huria_Matenga) (1842–1909), New Zealand tribal leader and landowner
- [Joey Matenga Ashton](/source/Joey_Matenga_Ashton) (1907–1993), New Zealand railway worker, sportsman, and dance band leader
- [Te Matenga Taiaroa](/source/Te_Matenga_Taiaroa) (c.1795–1863), New Zealand tribal leader
- [Te Matenga Tamati](/source/Te_Matenga_Tamati) (died c.1914), New Zealand religious leader
- [Edwina Matenga](/source/Edwina_Matenga), Cook Islander footballer on the [national team](/source/Cook_Islands_women's_national_football_team)
- [Luciana Matenga](/source/Luciana_Matenga), Cook Islander netball player at the [2010 Commonwealth Games](/source/Cook_Islands_at_the_2010_Commonwealth_Games)
- [Margharet Matenga](/source/Margharet_Matenga), [Cook Islander netball](/source/Netball_in_the_Cook_Islands) player who joined the New Zealand national team in 1979
- [Matenga Baker](/source/Matenga_Baker), New Zealand tribal leader and father of actress [Tungia Baker](/source/Tungia_Baker)
- [Matenga Baker (rugby)](/source/Matenga_Baker_(rugby)), New Zealand rugby player in the Spanish club [UE Santboiana](/source/UE_Santboiana)
- Hemi Matenga Waipunahau (died 1912), New Zealand landowner and namesake of the [Hemi Matenga Memorial Scenic Reserve](/source/Waikanae#Hemi_Matenga_Memorial_Scenic_Reserve)
- Teariki Matenga, Cook Islander and first coalition [Minister of Justice](/source/Ministry_of_Justice_(Cook_Islands))

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