Tumate Mahuta
Tumate Mahuta was a Māori King Movement leader and negotiator in New Zealand. He was the third surviving son of Mahuta, the third Māori King, and younger brother of the fourth king, Te Rata. He belonged to the Ngāti Mahuta iwi of the Waikato confederation.Biography
He was born at Waahi, Huntly, probably in July 1893, to Mahuta and his wife Te Marae. His elder brothers were Te Rata and Taipu, and he had younger brothers Tonga and Te Rauangaanga. Before World War I he wed Te Atarua Herangi, younger sister of his cousin Te Puea, in an arranged marriage. They had one son, who died young.
