TE HEUHEU TUKINO V, or TUREITI (1865-1921) was the son of Patatai, and succeeded him as chief in 1888. As a child of four years he accompanied his father on the campaign in support of Te Kooti, and was taken to Napier with his parents after the surrender at Porere. A man of great ability and personal charm, Tukino was proud of his ancestral traditions and deeply schooled in the poetry and lore of his race. Once he contested the Eastern Maori seat in Parliament against Wi Pere (1893), and on four occasions (1899, 1902, 1905 and 1908) he contested the Western seat. He was genuinely interested in the welfare of his people, and much impressed Sir John Gorst on his visit to New Zealand in 1906 by his perfect command of English and sensible appreciation of the position of the Maori. He was responsible for the removal of his grandfather's remains from their burial place on the side of Mount Tongariro to the mausoleum at Waihi (1910).

Te Heuheu actively promoted the recruiting of Maori soldiers for the war of 1914-18, and gave 35,000 acres of land for farms for them on their return. In 1918 he was called to the Legislative Council, of which he was a member at the time of his death (on 1 Jun 1921).

Tureiti's eldest son, Hepi, died in 1918, and he was therefore succeeded in the title and chieftainship by his younger son HOANI.

N.Z.P.D., 23 Sep 1921; Gorst, N.Z. Revisited; Cowan in N.Z. Railways Magazine, Nov 1935 (p); N.Z. Herald, 2 Jun 1921. Portrait: Parliament House

Reference: Volume 1, page 210

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