Whiro tupua, Polynesian voyager

Great voyager (Smith, 1893).

"He [Whiro] and his family sailed to Aotearoa and landed on Ōakura beach..." (Folksong [macron added], n.d.).

Paerangi o te Maungaroa was the descendant of... ...Mōuruuru, Whirotupua, and Houmea (Bennion, 1994; Waitangi Tribunal, 2015).

Tangiia adopted Whiro's son Tai-te-ariki [whom remained in Aotearoa (New Zealand)] and renamed him Te Ariki-upoko-tini (Hongi, 1912; Kloosterman, 1976).

"...Iro returned to his home, and there asked his mother, Aki-mano, "Who is my father?" She replied, "Pou-ariki!" He then said, "Why Pou-ariki says that Moe-tara-uri is my father," to which his mother replied, "That is so!" (Te Ariki-tara-are, 1920).

"...[named]...Iro-ma-oata... ...in remembrance of the nights of the moon I [Moe-tara-uri] was with thee [Aki-mano]... named Iro..." (Smith, 1899).

"...never revered as a god..." (Savage, 1916).

"Takitumu [I] was the name of Tangiia's canoe and this name was applied both to the tribe which traces its descent from men who travelled to Rarotonga in that canoe, ..." (Crocombe, 1961).

"Ngā Turi o Murimotu, dominates the Karioi landscape [Ruapehu] where the descendants of Whiro Te Tupua first settled." (Waitangi Tribunal, 2015).

(Folksong, n.d.).

Note
For estimated date formula, "Polynesian scholars who know the race well, is that 25 years is nearer the truth, for the Polynesians married early, and many women come into the genealogies, who as a rule, marry very early. ...1850... ... comparing [Hawaii, Rarotonga, New Zealand] genealogical tables... ...24 generations..." [(1850-1255)=595/25=24] (Smith, 1904). Settlement began around 1230-1280 CE (Bunbury et al., 2022; Wilmshurst et al., 2010). I used: (Katarina Bell's 24th great grandparent's generations+2)x25)=650 years, subtracting -(1854 birth year+25), gave me circa 1229-1255 CE. Tangiia-nui was Whiro te tupua's contemporary [note, Whiro's mother is Tangiia's adopted sister] (Batley, 1973).

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