TE WHARERAHI was one of the most influential of the Ngapuhi chiefs at Bay of Islands in the early nineteenth century. He married Tari, a daughter of Tapua and a sister of Patuone and Nene. For many years Te Wharerahi enjoyed the position of hereditary messenger and peacemaker amongst the northern tribes. After the sack of the Wesleyan mission station at Whangaroa (1827) he volunteered to escort the fugitives to Bay of Islands, where they were welcomed by the C.M.S. missionaries. In 1828 when he was an old man he made peace with Hokianga after the death of Whareumu. The Rev. Henry Williams placed considerable faith in him. (See Paora TUHAERE)

H. T. Kemp in N.Z. Herald, 9, 23 Mar 1901; Ramsden; Carleton; Polyn. Jour., ix, 30, 109, x, 4, xii, 22, xiii, 45, 46, xviii, 86.

Reference: Volume 2, page 246

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