Te Huhuti

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Lake Rotoatara

Te Huhuti was a Māori chieftainess of Ngāti Kahungunu from the Hawke’s Bay region of New Zealand and an ancestor of the Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti hapū. She probably lived in the late 17th century.

Te Huhuti’s family, Te Hika a Ruarauhanga, was locked in a multi-generational feud with her cousins Te Hika a Pāpāuma. However, Te Huhuti fell in love with Te Whatuiāpiti the leading rangatira of Te Hika a Pāpāuma, snuck away from her home, and swam across Lake Rotoatara in order to marry him. This brought the feud between the two lines to an end and is considered to be one of the great traditional Māori love stories.

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