cousin of Te Hirawanu

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After this battle Te Hāpuku lived with Tiakitai at Te Pakake for about eight years. He forcibly opposed Te Pareihe for agreeing to make peace with Waikato. Te Hāpuku may have joined in the campaign to punish Ngāti Raukawa and its Rangitāne allies for their attack on Hawke's Bay, in which the mother of Kurupō Te Moananui had been killed. It is recorded that he consumed part of the body of the son of Te Hirawanu Kaimokopuna. One of the prisoners taken was a female cousin of Te Hirawanu; Te Hāpuku took her to wife; their son was Watene Te Hāpuku.