Ururoa Rewharewha Te Koke (1780 - 1861)

Born 1780 in Te Pupuke, Whangaroa, Northland, New Zealand

Husband of Patungahere Wahine-Tuatahi — married [date unknown] in Matangirau, Kaeo, Northland

Descendants

Died 1861 at about age 81 in Te Pupuke, Whangaroa, Northland, New Zealand

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Biography

Iwi/Hapū: Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu, Te Tahawai

Name Variations : Rewharewha Te Koke, Rewharewha.

Born around 1780 at Te Pupuke, Ururoa was a prominent rangatira of Whangaroa. A relation, as well as a brother-in-law to Hongi Hika and sometimes described as Hongi’s right-hand man. Ururoa was the son of Te Koke and Nehe, and brother of Te Hau.^[1] Key relationships are shown in the table below.^[2]

Whakapapa of Key tupuna in Hongi Hika's Family

Ururoa lived at Matangirau (near Kaeo) when he was younger, but moved inland when he was old enough to join the fighting expeditions.
Ururoa's wives were:

• Patungahere
• Miriama Ngākaikarere
• Rangi Puhi

On 28 October 1835 at the Waitangi residence of James Busby, Ururoa was one of 34 chiefs who signed He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tirene (known in English as the Declaration of Independence of the United Tribes of New Zealand).

According to a Turton Deed, Ururoa (recorded as Uderoa) and Putete, Chiefs of Whangaroa, Mangonui District sold the Huruata and Rangimatua Block on 8 November 1837. The buyers were Charles Smith and Edward T. B. Boyce. James Whittaker was one of two witnesses to the transaction. ^[3]
Ururoa lived well into his eighties and died in 1861 at Te Pupuke.^[4]

Unknown was born about 1750. He passed away about 1800. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/declaration/signatory/ururoa
2. ↑ Alexandra Horsley, A HISTORY OF THE OTANGAROA, TE PUPUKE, AND WAIHAPA BLOCKS (WHANGAROA) 1874 – 1990, Report commissioned by the Waitangi Tribunal for the Te Paparahi o Te Raki (Wai 1040) inquiry, June 2016, Whakapapa table citing Urlich, Cloher, Hongi Hika Warrior Chief, p.29. https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/WT/wt_DOC_108120896/Wai%201040%2C%20A057.pdf/
3. ↑ http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-TurOldP-t1-g1-g1-g1-g30-t1.html
4. ↑ https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/declaration/signatory/ururoa
5. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Jo (Sunnex) Hall.

Research Notes

• Hema Ururoa - married Rangi Puhi
• Heke Ururoa - married Miriama Ngakaikorere
• Paora Ururoa
• Retakino Ururoa (born 1819) married Thomas Flavell

(3 of their children married 3 children of Henry John Davis `Rewiti` SNOWDEN who was born in Parramatta NSW in 1811 and who married a sister of Retakino, see below) the known children of Retakino & Thomas Flavell

1849 - 1902 Ellen Flavell - married Andrew Snowden 1852 - 1910 John William Flavell- married Ellen Snowden 1857 - 1916 William Flavell- married Margaret Mary Downes 1858 - 1947 Annie Flavell- married Robert Snowden Erana `Ellen` Raupane Ururoa (born 1823) - married Henry John Davis "Rewiti" Snowden in 1858 at Waimate as his 2nd wife, 16 years after the birth of their 1st child, between the births of their 8th and 9th children, daughters Eleanor and Isabella - they had 9 children

Henry had been married to Sophia Jaques in about 1833 in Australia and had 5 children, in Prospect, Parramatta Australia and Whangaroa NZ. Their 4th child, Mary Ann Snowden married John Semple in 1860, a son of theirs, Theodore Francis Semple was born in 1861 in Matakana, Wellsford and married Mary Margaret Stirling of Carlton, Victoria in Melbourne. Theodore was an engineer in Perth West Australia, great grandson of the Chief of Whangaroa and buried in the Fremantle Cemetery, Perth in 1905 (his wife Mary died in 1904 in Coburg, Victoria now a suburb of Melbourne)

• Berghan family records