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TE RANGIHIWINUI, KEEPA (1823-98) was the son of Tanguru, a Muaupoko chief who had a fortified pa at Katihiku when the Amiowhenua expedition invaded the southern district in 1820-21.

Tanguru sallied out to attack the besiegers and was captured, but escaped in the confusion. A powerful man and brave warrior, he once challenged Rangihaeata to single combat with the taiaha against the tomahawk, but was declined.

Many of Rangihiwinui's relatives were killed in the massacre at Ohariu in 1835. His mother, Rere-o-Maki, belonged to the tribes Ngati-Apa, Rangitane and Nga Rauru. In the forties Rangihiwinui distinguished himself in fighting on the Whanganui river.

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He married a Whanganui woman, but fell out with his uncle Te Anaua (q.v.) with whom he was not reconciled till the sixties. He was a member of the Maori police force, and for some time carried mails between Wellington and Whanganui.

When the Hauhau rising occurred Tanguru was ageing and Rangihiwinui was pr