Ruapani

"Ruapani was a rangatira (chief) of the Māori in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa (the Poverty Bay-region on the East Coast of New Zealand) in the 15th and 16th century. ...

... He is said to have been the paramount chief of all the Tūranganui-a-Kiwa tribes around 1525. His influence was large, it extended into the Ruakituri Valley and the Whakapūnaki district as far as the Huiarau Range beyond Lake Waikaremoana." (Wikipedia, 2021).

Sources

Gudgeon, W. E. (1897). The Maori tribes of the East Coast: those inhabiting the Wairoa District of Northern Hawke's Bay. The Journal of the Polynesian Society, 6(4). 177-186
https://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document/Volume_6_1897/Volume_6%2C_N...

Mangatu Blocks Incorporation. (2020). The Carvings. Mangatu.
https://mangatu.co.nz/the-carvings/

Mitira, T. H. (1972). Takitimu: Genealogical tables. Reed Publishing (NZ) Ltd

Rongowhakaata inclluding Nga Uri o Te Kooti Rikirangi., The Trustees of the Rongowhakaata Settlement Trust., & The Crown. (2011, September 300). Deed of settlement of historical claims [Deed]. New Zealand Government.
https://www.govt.nz/assets/Documents/OTS/Rongowhakaata/Rongowhakaat...

Wikipedia. (2021, June 17). Ruapani.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruapani