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Takerei was a leading Waikato rangatira of Ngāti Mahuta and didn't
care to associate with Pākehā. He joined in the 20 November 1863
fight to defend Rangiriri pā and was taken prisoner there by government
troops. With others he was confined in the hulk of the
Marion in Auckland Harbour and was released on parole on
the condition that he remained in Auckland and not return to
Waikato.
Takerei Te Rauangaanga was a relative of King Tawhiao
and was his principal advisor. He was a major landowner, but lost
all his property in the confiscations that followed the New Zealand
land wars at Waikato.1
A newspaper report covering his tangihana in January 1878 stated he
had two children whom he survived. His daughter Te Paea Te Rau died
from gunshot wounds in the retreat from Rangiriri and his son
Amuketi was killed at Rangiriri. It was estimated he was aged 75
years at his death. Takerei was survived by a grand-daughter, a mokopuna from his daughter Te
Paea Te Rau.2
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