Kehu

Kehu, also known as Ekehu, Hone Mokehakeha and Hone Mokekehu, was an important ancestor to the Māori iwi (tribes) Ngāti Tūmatakokiri and Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō. He was an expert on how to traverse their regions and knowledgeable on natural resources contained within them. He was a guide to Thomas Brunner and Charles Heaphy, who were English explorers in the 1800s traversing parts of Te Waipounamu (now commonly known as the South Island of New Zealand).

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