Page 208 - Puhipi

Te Aitanga a Tumoana

Rapunga Kupu Akoako: Refer RIN2937.
Poroa marena Ere Te Pa [104] [MRIN: 34]. Another name for Ere was Puti.
Rapunga Kupu Akoako: This is a "blank" entry to avoid duplication. Refer RIN637.

Na Tamaiti o te Marena:
466 F i. Mere Puhipi (Coon) [105] was born on 14 Dec 1918 and died on
20 Jun 1987 at age 68. Other names for Mere were Aunty Bus and
Mary Busby.
Rapunga Kupu Akoako: This is a "blank" entry to avoid duplication.
Refer RIN2938. No Issue.
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260. Eruera Puhipi [537] (Wharemate Timoti Puhipi , TeRipi , Ruakuru , NgaMotu ,
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TARUTARU , TeUruKauri , Tumaingarua , Taranga , Toakai , Patito , Houpure ,
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Tamamoko , Tamahotu , TUMOANA ).
Eruera marena Mate [538] [MRIN: 181].
Na Tamariki o te Marena:
467 M i. Te Wiki [678].
Rapunga Kupu Akoako: No Issue
468 M ii. Te Rarawa [679].
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261. Iehu Mumu Te Awha Puhipi [131] (Wharemate Timoti Puhipi , TeRipi ,
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TUMOANA ) was born on 20 May 1876 and died on 23 Apr 1922 in Pukepoto at age 45.
Other names for Iehu were Mu, Mumu, Raparapa te Awira, and Te Huaki.
Rapunga Kupu Akoako: (korero taken from "Boroughdale Murray, the
beginning of a NZ dynasty"et al) Mumu or Mu; as he was commonly
known was recognised as a chief of some standing despite being from
Wharemate's second marriage, unfortunately his rise to tribal prominence
coincided with a period in which Maori social order was changing and the
overarching role of tribal chief was beginning to fade, however authority was Iehu Puhipi
still retained on the marae and it was here that"A bitter confrontation"

arose when Ratana came north to recruit followers in 1921 he stopped in at
Taipa but they weren't really interested in what he had to offer and they asked him to leave.
When Iehu heard they had turned Ratana away he drove his buggy over to Taipa to pick him up and
take him to the marae at Pukepoto. When they arrived at Pukepoto some of the people weren't very
happy with Iehu for bringing Ratana to the marae but Iehu just stood and told them "it's my
marae and he's my visitor, if you don't want to be involved in looking after him, leave!" His stance
caused a serious rift in the settlement and those who left ended up building a second marae, which
they called Te Rarawa.
In the end Iehu did not convert to Ratana, but he was happy to hear the man out.
Iehu Puhipi died at his residence in Pukepoto, old before his time and with his health broken his
final years were affected by drink. His death was not unexpected and soon the people began to
gather. The people for the different settlements generally arrived in parties heralding their approach
by calling out according to old Maori custom - "Haere, haere, haere atu kinga tupuna (go, go, go,
go and join your forefathers!). From as far south as Hokianga and north to Houhora they came
and soon one of the largest tangis this country has seen in some time was being held. On Sunday the
family flag a present from the NZ Government was flying at half mast from Pukepoto Hall where
the tangi was being held. On Monday the Southern Cross of Te Patuu was on the flag pole
signifying that the sympathies of the Te Patuu's were with the Te Rarawa's. Iehu was a quiet and
unassuming man, very popular with his people. His word was his bond, as he was wont to say.