Ruatipua / Ruatupua

"...Ko Te Awa Tupua te tahuhu kite pou mua
Ko Ruatupua rāua ko Paerangi ngā maihi...
...Whanganui Awa is the umbilical cord interweaving our past to our present to our future
Ruatupua and Paerangi [II] are the two main rootstock..." (Ngāti Hāua & The Crown, 2022a).

"Ruatipua is one name for the site where the Whanganui River rises on Tongariro." (Waitangi Tribunal, 2015).

"The genealogy... ...that of the ancient people of Ohura and Taumarunui, who were originally known as Ngāti Ruatipua, but who now call themselves Ngāti Hāua. The ancestors of these people are well known by their descendants to have been in occupation of the Whanganui river and the adjacent country when Turi arrived in the Aotea canoe, and even when Paoa came in the Horouta canoe. ...Though few in numbers at all times, yet the great tribe of Ngāti Maniapoto never prevailed against them, indeed it was generally defeated, and the descendants of Ruatipua. [ Ngāti Hāua] can alone perhaps of all the ancient tribes boast that they are an Iwi Rangatira." (Gudgeon [macrons added], 1893).

Sources:

Gudgeon, W. E. (1893) The Tangata Whenua; Or, Aboriginal People of the Central Districts of the North Island of New Zealand. The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 2(4), 203-210.
https://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document/Volume_2_1893/Volume_2%2C_N...

Ngāti Hāua., & The Crown. (2022. October 22). Agreement in principle to settle historical claims [Agreement]. The Government of New Zealand.
https://www.govt.nz/assets/Documents/OTS/Ngaa-Rauru-Kiitahi/Ngaa-Ra...

Skulblaka, D. H. (2018, April 5). Soda Springs at Tongariro Alpine Crossing in NZ [Image]. Wikimedia.
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Soda_Springs_at_Tongariro...

Te Korowai O Wainuiārua., Te Korowai O Wainuiārua Trust., & The Crown. (2022, December 12). Te tihi o te rae - Deed of settlement of historical claims [Deed]. The Government of New Zealand.
https://www.govt.nz/assets/Documents/OTS/Central-Whanganui/Te-Korow...

Waitangi Tribunal. (2013). Te Kāhui Maunga: The national park district inquiry report [Volume 1]. Legislation Direct, Government of New Zealand.
https://www.waitangitribunal.govt.nz/assets/WT-Vol-1-Kahui-Maunga-R...

Waitangi Tribunal. (2015a). Doc E14 (Whitu), p4. In He whiritaunoka: the Whanganui land report, 903. New Zealand Ministry of Justice.

Waitangi Tribunal. (2015b). Document D42 (Hāwira), p 4. In He whiritaunoka: the Whanganui land report, 903. New Zealand Ministry of Justice.