Kinohaku

Kinohaku was a Māori woman of the Ngāti Maniapoto tribe in New Zealand's Waikato region.

[3] Subsequently, they settled along the Waipā River and the Manga-o-kewa Stream, with a central hub at Te Kūiti.

[4][5] The amount of food gathered by Tū-irirangi and his tribe for the wedding feast was enormous and remains a source of mana for the descendants of the marriage, Ngāti Kinohaku.

[10] However, Kinohaku was furious that her husband had planned to marry another woman, so she had an affair with Tū-irirangi’s half-brother Pai-ariki.

[4][11] Pei Te Hurinui Jones and Leslie Kelly give accounts of Kinohaku’s life, based on oral traditions that they heard from Whare Hotu of Oparure (an 8th generation descendant of Kinohaku).