[1] By October 1777, Captain James Cook noted that he was no older than twelve and recorded that his father had died in a battle against Puni, the chief of Borabora, who had conquered Tahaa and a few years before his first trip to the "Society Islands" in 1769, Raiatea.
[9][10] In a document dated July 16, 1849, genealogist Taitete Mare wrote that Rohianuu was united with Teioatua v. (v. means vahine), and Teriitaria I was born to them.
It followed Tehaapapa’s refusal to cede the royalty of the island of Maiao to Moohono’s grandsons from the union of his daughter Tetuaveroa with Mato.
However, Moohono and Mato’s attempt to seize control of the marae led to their defeat and death in the battle of Hooroto in Raiatea circa 1780.
By his second wife, Tetuaveroa, the daughter of Moohono, Mato had three children: Tenania t.; then Mahine Teheiura t. who became king of Huahine and was fifteen years old when captain James Cook visited Huahine in 1777; and finally Rereao v. Teriitaria II is the daughter of Turaiarii Ehevahine and Tamatoa Fao.