Pāoa

Rangatira
Pāoa
BornFirst half of the seventeenth century
Waikato, New Zealand
Known forTribal leader of Ngāti Pāoa iwi

Pāoa was a Māori rangatira (chieftain) of the Tainui tribal confederation from the Waikato region, New Zealand. He is the ancestor of the Ngāti Pāoa iwi. He probably lived in the first half of the seventeenth century.

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