Aperahama Taonui (died 23 September 1882) was a New Zealand tribal leader, prophet, historian, teacher and assessor.
[1] Aperahama Taonui and his father supported Tāmati Wāka Nene in opposing Hōne Heke and Te Ruki Kawiti in the Flagstaff War (1845–46).
[2] Aperahama Taonui received a bullet wound, probably in April 1845, in the early fighting near Okaihau.
[1] He was sent to Auckland to recuperate and there became friendly with Governor George Grey, who awarded Aperahama Taonui a government pension.
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