Murupaenga ( – 1826) was a tribal leader and war leader of the Ngāti Rango (or Ngāti Rongo)

hapū In Māori language, Māori and New Zealand English, a ' ("subtribe", or "clan") functions as "the basic political unit within Māori society". A Māori person can belong to or have links to many hapū. Historically, each hapū had its own chief ...

(subtribe) of the

Ngāti Whātua Ngāti Whātua is a Māori iwi (tribe) of the lower Northland Peninsula of New Zealand's North Island. It comprises a confederation of four hapū (subtribes) interconnected both by ancestry and by association over time: Te Uri-o-Hau, Te Roroa ...

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in New Zealand. He was born possibly about 1770. He was a leader of Ngāti Whātua in many battles, including assisting

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and Ngāti Maniapoto to defeat a huge

Ngāti Toa Ngāti Toa, also called Ngāti Toarangatira or Ngāti Toa Rangatira, is a Māori people, Māori ''iwi'' (tribe) based in the southern North Island and the northern South Island of New Zealand. Ngāti Toa remains a small iwi with a population of ...

and Ngāti Raukawa-led army in the Battle of Hingakaka in about 1807, and the defeat of Ngāpuhi forces in the Te Kai-a-te-karoro battle at Moremonui in 1807 or 1808, soon after Hingakaka. Ngāti Rango lived in the South Kaipara area, and Murupaenga lived at Makarau, north of Kaukapakapa, during the time when he was most prominent.

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18th-century births 1826 deaths 19th-century Māori tribal leaders Ngāti Whātua people Year of birth unknown {{māori-bio-stub