Mere Reweti Taingunguru

Te Whānau a Apanui

Mere Reweti Taingunguru was the mother of Te Kiriwai and Whaaka Parakau.

Biographical sources

  • Nga Moteatea: He Maramara Rere No Nga Waka Maha: The Songs: Scattered Pieces From Many Canoe Areas. Comp. Apirana Ngata and trans. Pei Te Hurinui. Pt. 2. Wellington, N.Z.: Published for the Polynesian Society by A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1961. 45.

    Traditional

  • "He Tangi./A Lament." Nga Moteatea: He Maramara Rere No Nga Waka Maha: The Songs: Scattered Pieces From Many Canoe Areas. Comp. Apirana Ngata and trans. Pei Te Hurinui. Pt. 2. Wellington, N.Z.: Published for the Polynesian Society by A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1961. 44-45.
  • This is a lament by her for her first husband, Te Whatu-a-Rangahua, who was killed at Tokakuku." (Ref. Nga Moteatea Pt. 2: 45)