Description

Name: Pokerekere

Suburb, Whakarongo

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The crescent is named for Pokerekere, Whakarongo's first husband. December 2022.

The aerial map is a derivative of the Palmerston North City Council online mapping Geographic Information System (GIS).

To learn about Whakarongo, read this Back Issues article by Karla Karaitiana.

The following history is told by Ngaruma (Ruma) Karaitiana, Whakarongo’s great-great-grandson.

Pokerekere's parents were Ratoaiterangi and Kaiwari. His father, Ratoaiterangi, was the son of important tipuna, Parakiore.

Whakarongo married Pokerekere and they lived at Te Wii pā. The couple had a son, Manukatahi. Sadly, it was a short alliance as Pokerekere died young. Manukatahi also died in early adulthood, leaving behind a daughter called Ngatii.

Whakarongo then married Tukere and lived at Te Motu a Poutoa and the Ruahine kāinga where she had another two children, Te Paea and Wirihana Kaimokopuna.

Identification

Object type

Map

Content type

Map/Plan

Date

2025

Digitisation ID

2024M_IMCA-DigitalArchive_042882

Format

Born Digital

Held In

IMCA Digital Archive