Whakaawi

{{Short description|Māori woman of high birth}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=September 2021}} [[File:Tāwhiao - low res portrait.jpg|150px|Whakaawi's son Tāwhiao|thumb]] '''Whakaawi''' (<small>Maori pronunciation:</small> [ɸakaaːwi]) was a Māori woman of high birth in both the Ngāti Te Wehi tribe and Ngāti Mahuta tribe,<ref>''The King Country, Or, Explorations in New Zealand: A Narrative of 600 Miles of Travel'' by James Henry Kerry-Nicholls</ref> who was the senior wife of the chief Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, who died in 1860.<ref name=dnzb2010>{{DNZB |id=1t88 |title=Te Wherowhero, Pōtatau |last=Oliver |first=Steven |accessdate=24 September 2021}}</ref> His other wives were Waiata, Raharaha and Ngāwaero.<ref name=dnzb2010/>

Whakaawi gave birth to Tāwhiao at Orongokoekoea Pā, about 1825. Tāwhiao later became the second Māori King in 1860. Whakaawi's parents, Manu-whaka-aweawe (grandson of Te Wehi of Ngāti Te Wehi) and Parekairoro of Ngāti Wairere, raised him. It is possible that she was also the mother of Te Paea Tīaho.<ref name="DNZB ">{{DNZB|title=Te Paea Tīaho |first=Angela |last=Ballara |authorlink=Angela Ballara |id=2t24 |accessdate=23 April 2017}}</ref>

King Mahuta, the third Māori King, reigning from 1894 to 1912, was Whakaawi's grandson.<ref name=DNZB_Mahuta>{{DNZB |title=Mahuta Tāwhiao Pōtatau Te Wherowhero |first=Angela |last=Ballara |id=3m35 |accessdate=13 May 2012|author-link=Angela Ballara}}</ref>

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Category:Ngāti Te Wehi people Category:Ngāti Mahuta people