Peehi/Pehi Turoa

"Pehi Tu-roa was the high chief of the upper reaches of the Whanga-nui river, in the district of Parapara, Pipiriki, and onwards to the western slopes of Mt. Rua-pehu. He was indeed descended from several ancestors from the canoe areas of Te Arawa, Ao-tea, Tai-nui, and Taki-timu. He was a contemporary of Te Heuheu Tu-kino, Te Rau-paraha, and Hongi Hika, of the period of widespread warfare among the Māori people at the time of the first impact of the European and his weapons of war. He died at Wai-pakura in the neighbourhood of Upoko-ngaro, Whanga-nui, on the 8th day of September, 1845; he was very advanced in years when he died."

Biographical sources

• Nga Moteatea: He Maramara Rere No Nga Waka Maha. The Songs: Scattered Pieces From Many Canoe Areas. Comp. A.T. Ngata. Trans. Pei Te Hurinui. Pt. 3. Wellington, N.Z.: Polynesian Soc., 1970. 199.