Mananui Te Heuheu Tukino II

Mananui Te Heuheu Tukino II (? – 7 May 1846) was a notable New Zealand tribal leader. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngāti Tūwharetoa iwi. The eldest son of Herea Te Heuheu Tukino I and his first wife, Rangiaho of Ngati Maniapoto, he was born in , King Country, New Zealand, near the Mangatutu Stream and was the second of the Te Heuheu line to assume the leadership of Ngati Tuwharetoa. Mananui traced his ancestry to Tama-te-kapua, commander of Te Arawa canoe, and to its priest, Ngatoro-i-rangi; and was distantly related to Potatau Te Wherowhero of Waikato and Te Rauparaha of Ngati Toa. He belonged to Ngati Pehi (now Ngati Turumakina), Ngati Hukere and Ngati Hinewai hapu, and in his youth lived at Pamotumotu. ^[1]

On the morning 7 May 1846, an avalanche of mud descended from at the back of Te Rapa pā, and overwhelmed Te Heuheu, his six wives with their children, his eldest son, Tamati Waka, and all those who were in the pā. In total 54 died, only 2 making their escape. The pā is buried under 10 feet (3.0 m) of mud. The cause of the calamity was, in the first place, recent heavy rain; and, in the next, the hot springs on the side of the mountain and the saturated clay soil which gave way, with the consequence that thick mud and large masses of stone buried the pā.^[2]

The Rev. Richard Taylor was present on 1 July 1846 for the Tangihanga or Tangi held to honour Te Heuheu.^[3]

Mananui was succeeded by his brother Iwikau Te Heuheu Tukino III in 1846 and was the father of Te Heuheu Tukino IV who assumed the leadership of Ngāti Tūwharetoa in October 1862 following the death of his uncle Iwikau.

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