- Comes from the phrase "Puea ahau I te ao" which means 'I shall rise to the surface of the world'.
- Whatiwhatihoe, 9 November 1883
- Tawhiao, the second Maori king
- She was named by her uncle, Mahuta to mark the death of his son just before Te Puea was born
- Taihuia, daughter of the Maori king
- Kiri
- Maori language, waiata, patere, action songs, traditions and crafts.
- Mercer Primary school, Mangere Bridge School in Auckland, and Melmerly College in Parnell, Auckland.
- 1898
- Mangatawhiri, just north of Mercer.
- Lived life to the 'fullest', by smoking, drinking, partying and living with a Pakeha
- A Pakeha boy who Te Puea lived with in Auckland.
- He threw himself in front of an oncoming car to see if Te Puea would save him.
- Maui Pomare
- Smallpox epidemic
- Te Rata
- Conscription to the army in World War One
- Song of Te Puea
- Influenza epidemic
- Brought up the orphans as her own children
- Was overcrowded and was flooded each year when the Waikato flooded
- Turangawaewae
- A touring concert party
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