- Source: Te Aitu-o-te-rangi Jury
te" target="_blank">Te Aitu-o-te" target="_blank">te-rangi Jury (c. 1820–1854) was a New Zealand tribal founding mother, landowner and farmer. Of Māori descent, she identified with the Ngāti Kahungunu iwi. Her parents were te" target="_blank">Te Whatahoronui and his first wife, Aromea, who was the sister of Nuku-pewapewa. She was captured by the chief te" target="_blank">Te Rauparaha, who attacked her pā in Wairarapa. He took her to Kapiti Island, because of her high born status and because of her beauty he kept her as a wife. A Pākehā whaler arrived at the island - John Milsome Jury - and fell in love with te" target="_blank">Te Aitu, as she did with him. They fled the island together by boat, they rowed all the way back to Wairararapa, not long after, te" target="_blank">Te Rauparaha started his chase but could not catch the couple. She married the Englishman and started a family with him in the Wairarapa region which is within the borders of her tribal land. Her eldest child was Hoani te" target="_blank">Te Whatahoro Jury who was a prominent political leader involved in the creation of the first Tangata Whenua inclusive parliament.