When Pangu Te Ahoaho Paho Whirihana was born on 15 May 1917, in Te Hoe, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, his father, Toapoto Ahoaho Paho Whirihana, was 22 and his mother, Taehuri Ngakahikatea Totorewa Te Para, was 63. He married Ruth Tekaumarua Witika about 1939, in New Zealand. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 5 April 1971, in Hamilton, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, at the age of 53, and was buried in Taupiri, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand.