Rongokako's name is missing from Te Mata Peak's entrance. It cannot be erased 19 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM 12 minutes to read Piripi Whaanga standing in front of a sign at the Tauroa Rd entrance of Te Mata Peak omitting his ancestor Rongokako. Photo / Paul Taylor Piripi Whaanga standing in front of a sign at the Tauroa Rd entrance of Te Mata Peak omitting his ancestor Rongokako. Photo / Paul Taylor Hawkes Bay Today OPINION: One of my ancestors has died. I read the obituary on a new signpost at one of the entrances to a Hawke's Bay tourist trail. The tupuna was Rongokako, and he was the first-born of our family line in Aotearoa some 18 generations ago.