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Tūwharetoa i te Aupōuri, also called Tūwharetoa-waekae-rakau was a Maori ariki (chieftain) in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand and the eponymous ancestor of the Ngāti Tūwharetoa iwi. During his life, he established control over a large section of the Bay of Plenty. In his old age, his children and grandchildren invaded Taupō, which became the centre of the iwi's rohe. He probably lived in the sixteenth century.[1]