Wer heiratete Pōtatau Te Wherowhero?

Pōtatau Te Wherowhero (* 1775 in Waikato District, Aotearoa; † 25. Juni 1860 in Ngāruawāhia, Neuseeland) war Häuptling der Māori-Iwi in der Region Waikato und der erste König der Māori in Neuseeland.

Whakaawi (Maori pronunciation: [ɸakaaːwi]) was a Māori woman of high birth in both the Ngāti Te Wehi tribe and Ngāti Mahuta tribe, who was the senior wife of the chief Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, who died in 1860. His other wives were Waiata, Raharaha and Ngāwaero.

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.

King Mahuta, the third Māori King, reigning from 1894 to 1912, was Whakaawi's grandson.