Kahupeka

Rangiora, also known as the bushman's friend, as depicted by Sarah Featon

Kahupeka (sometimes referred to as Kahu, Kahupekapeka or Kahukeke) was a Maori healer in the 1400s who helped pioneer herbal medicine in New Zealand.[1] She is remembered in oral history as a Tainui explorer who travelled the North Island, naming several locations and experimenting with herbal medicines.[2][3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference trailblazers1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Kahupeka". Royal Society Te Apārangi.
  3. ^ Whiting, Cliff; Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu. "Kahupeka". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 11 October 2019.