Manihera Te Ngatoru Matangi

Manihera Ngatoru OR Manihera Te Toru was also known as Te Manihera Matangi.
Son of Rawiri Matangi of Ngati Rahiri, Ngati Tawhirirkura, Ngati Hamua hapu of Te Ati Awa and Pikia Te Rangi of the Ngati Te Whiti and Tawhirikura hapu.
He was the grandson of Wahanga and therefore descended from Aniwaniwa and Tawhirikura which made him a close relation of Te Puni and Wharepouri as well as Ngatata and Pomare.
He had a sister Kakea Te Rangi whose daughter Neta Pikia married Heta Te Manurua of Ngati Ruanui
His successor was Taare Waitara the son of Haana Waitara
In 1859 Manihera Te Ngatoru built a plank house at Ngauranga and lived there until he leased it to Mr Wallace in 1864.
He built a house called Te Raho o Te Kapowai at Petone.
In 1844 when Major Richmond was making further payment for Port Nicholson land he offered Manihera payment for Ngauranga during negotiations over the Deeds of Release but the money was refused.
In 1847 Manihera Te Toru signed the McCleverly agreement for both Ngauranga and Petone and in September that year he was made a Maori land assessor for Ngauranga.
In 1860 Manihera Ngatoru, Porutu and Epiha Wairaweke represented the Ngatiawa of Wellington at the Kohimarama conference convened by the Governor Gore Browne.
When the Maori Land Court was established in Sep. 1862 he appeared as a witness in various cases and Manihera Ngatoru also signed, with a number of other chiefs, the agreement for payment concerning Wellington City Reserves in January 1877.
He regularly used the name Te Manihera Matangi and lived for awhile in Pipitea before living in Taita.
He is buried beside Haana Waitara. It has never been confirmed if she was his wife or one of his daughters