Iraia Te Ama-o-te-rangi Te Whaiti
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Iraia Te Ama-o-te-rangi Te Whaiti (c.1861 – 15 November 1918) was a notable New Zealand tribal leader, farmer and historian. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngāti Kahungunu iwi. He was born in the Wairarapa, New Zealand in 1861.[1] Teoti Kerei Te Hioirangi Te Whāiti was a son of his.[2] He is the great-great-great-grandfather of Jemaine Clement.