NGAKUKU, a fighting chief of the Ngati-Haua, was a nephew of Te Waharoa (q.v.). Though friendly to the missionaries, he was not an avowed Christian. Nevertheless he sent his daughter Tarore to live with the Rev A. N. Brown and he became a Christian soon after the arrival at Matamata of the missionaries. In Oct 1836 his daughter Tarore was murdered and eaten by the Ngati-Whakaue, with whom Ngakuku afterwards became publicly reconciled. He accompanied the Rev J. A. Wilson along the Bay of Plenty and assisted in the founding of the mission stations there.

Reference: Volume 2, page 63

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