Hinemōtū

Tuwharetoa-i-te-aupouri, also known as Tuwharetoa-waewae-rakau was the eponymous ancestor of the Ngati Tuwharetoa tribe. Tuwharetoa, through his father, Mawake-Taupo, chief of the Ngati Rongomainui people, traces his descent back through Mawakeroa, Mawakenui, Rangitakumu, Kahukura, Tangimoana, Tangihia, from Ngatoroirangi, the chiefs of Te Arawa and Mataatua. On his mother's side he descends from Te Hapuoneone who had intermarried with the Mataatua people.

Tuwharetoa was a powerful chief who lived in the Bay of Plenty during the 16th Century. His first wife was Paekitawhiti, the daughter of an Ariki. From this union, Manaiawharepu and Rongomaitengangana were born. The descendants of Rongomaitengangana journeyed to and established themselves in the Taupo area, and the Ariki trace direct descendant from him. At one period of his lifeTuwharetoa visited Te Whanau-a-Apanui district, and the Ngai Tai people. One of the chiefs he visited was Rongomai-ururangi, whose pa was near the Motu river. Rongomai-ururangi had a daughter called Hinemotu. She eloped with Tuwharetoa to the Mawaketaupo Pa at Kawerau where she became his wife. From there he took Hinemotu to Waitahanui, where they had eight children; Rakeipoho, Rakeihopukia, Taniwha, Hinengarorangi, Turangiawe, Te Aotahi, Poukopa and Poutomuri.

(Department of Maori Studies, 1986).

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