Ihaka Te Tai Hakuene (1836 – 6 April 1887) was a 19th-century New Zealand tribal leader, lay reader and a Māori member of the New Zealand parliament.
Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngā Puhi iwi.
[1] He represented the Northern Maori electorate from 1884 to 1887, when he died.
[2] A report suggests that he was accidentally poisoned by a dish containing tinned beef when dining in Auckland.
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