[[Image:RiperataKahutia.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Ko Riperata Kahutia]]Ko '''Riperata Kahutia''' (1838/39?-1887) he wahine rangatira. Ka whānau ia ki [[Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa]]. Ko Te Whānau-a-Iwi te hapū, ko [[Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki]] te iwi. Ko tōna matua tāne a Kahutiahe rangatira i Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki. I te tau 1860, ka mate ia, ka riro tōna mana i a Riperata.

Kāhore i roa, ka rangona e te rohe katoa mō ngā kerēme a Riperata ki te [[Kōti Whenua Māori]] me te [[Kōmihana o Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa]] i whakatūria taua komihana ki te whakahoki whenua ki ngā Māori i pūmau ki te Karauna pērā i a Riperata Kahutia i ngā riri i te tekau tau atu i 1860. Ka nunui, ka kaha ana mahi ki rō kōti, ka whai taitara a ia ki te whenua nui mōna, tōna whānau, tae atu ki tōna iwi. He nui ngā whenua o Riperata i roto i te poraka Tūranganui Nama 2, i hokona rā ki te kāwanatanga i te tau 1869 hei wāhi whakatū i Tūranga tāone (Gisborne).

I te tōmuatanga o te tekau tau atu i 1880 ka tahuri a Riperata ki te āwhina i te whakaoranga anō o ngā tikanga a tana iwi, whai muri i ngā putanga kino o ngā riri o te tekau tau atu i 1860. Ka whakatūria e ia he marae ki runga i ōna whenua i Awapuni, ko Te Poho-o-Materoa te ingoa. Nā Horonuku Te Heuheu, ariki o [[Ngāti Tūwharetoa]], te rākau i tuku mai hei tāhuhu mō te whare.

Ka mate a Riperata i te mate kohi i te tau 1887, whai muri iho i te whakatuwheratanga o te whare. E 48 ōna tau. Ka moe tētahi o ana tamāhine, a [[Hēni Materoa]] i a [[Timi Kara]], te Mema Pāremata Māori mō [[Te Tai-rāwhiti]] mō tētahi wā roa. Ko ia hoki te Minita mō ngā Take Māori atu i te 1899 ki te 1912. 

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* Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau URL:[http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/Maori_default.asp NZDB]


[[Category:Tai-rāwhiti]]
[[Category:Rangatira]]

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