Ko Rangi ki runga, ko Papa ki raro, ka puta te ira tangata ki te whai ao, ki te ao mārama, tihē mauri ora. Ko Tongariro te mātāpuna, ko Ruapehu te maunga, ko Te WainuiāRua (Whanganui) te awa. Ko Hinengākau te kuia. Ko Ngāti Hāua-te-rangi (Ngāti Hāua) te iwi, Ko Ngāti Hāuaroa te hapū, Ko Ngāpuwaiwaha, ko Morero, ko Matua Kore ngā marae, Ko Titipa te taniwha, he kaitiaki nō Ngahuinga, Ko Morero te kaitiaki, Ko Ngāpuwaiwaha, ko Morero, Ko Te Taura Whiri a Hinengākau ngā whare tūpuna, ko Rangikapuia te wharekai.

Ngāhuihuinga, kāinga (home) at the confluence of the Whanganui and Ōngarue Rivers.

"AOTEA-from it's mouth and up the Whanganui River;
TOKOMARU-from coastal North Taranaki overand into the mid-reaches of thhe Ohura River;
TAINUI-from the headwaters of the Mokau and Waipa Rivers, and thence down the valeys of the Waimiha and Ongarue;
TE ARAWA-from the shores of Lake Taupo and thence down the headwaters of the Wanganui River;" (Jones, 1975).

Ko au te awa, ko te awa ko au
I am the river, the river is me

"The trees around him [ Māori] were, like himself, the offspring of Tāne; the birds, insects, fish, stones, the very elements, were all kin of his, members of a different branch of the one great family." (Keenen [Best], 2012 [macron added])

Bachelor of Arts, major in Māori language/Te Reo Māori, major in Māori and Indigenous Studies.
al-Hajj, 1998 & 2000.

Earliest recorded ancestor

• My 102nd-108th great grandfather is Te Tumu I / Atea-vai-takere-kore, of Western Polynesia, 728-603 BC (((103/108+2)x25)-2022) (Finney, 1977; Gudgeon, 2022; Kokaua, 2017; Wikipedia, 2022i).

Earliest ancestors to Aotearoa (New Zealand)

• My earliest recorded ancestor in Aotearoa was Ruatipua my 38-39th great-grandfather (generations prior the earliest famed waka, and archeological record by 225-250 years), and Whiro te tupua, my 29th great grandfather, 1247 CE (((29+2)x25)-2022) and also other contemporaries, Toi and Kupe (Gudgeon, 1893; Waitangi Tribunal, 2015b). Settlement in Aotearoa began around 1230-1280 A.D. (Wilmshurst et al., 2010; Bunbury et al., 2022).
• In 1842, my earliest Pākehā (non-Māori) ancestors, also free passage settlers, arrived in Nelson, Aotearoa New Zealand, they were John Walker🧬 with Sarah Richardson🧬, aboard the Thomas Harrison, and James Baggarley 🧬 with Louisa Howard🧬, aboard the New Zealand Company ship, the Mary Ann (Archives New Zealand, n.d.; Archives New Zealand, 2019; Wikipedia, 2022f; Wikipedia, 2022g).

DNA (does not include the meta-physical, only current empiricism & statistics)

• Scotland 48%, Māori 24% (includes Hawaiʻi 6%), England & Northwestern Europe 19%, Norway 4%, Germanic Europe 2%, Ireland 2%, Sweden & Denmark 1% (Ancestry, 2023).
• R-M269-Y-DNA
• T2F5-mtDNA (Manning, Ryan. shared with Tzar Nicholas II).
• Polynesians [ Māori] share a common ancestry with the East Formosan people, especially the Amis tribe, and that the migration from Taiwan to the Pacific occurred around 3000 years ago (Chambers et al., 2020).

Position and difference of ancestors places in the tree, how the maunga Kōrero (the mountains speak) of events may vary depending on perspectives and locations (Keenan, 2012).

Ancestors

• My father, "Chief", is a leader for Ngāti Hāua iwi (Hāua-te-rangi), of the principal senior hapū, Ngāti Hāuaroa (McDonald, 2022; New Zealand Government, 2021; Ngāti Hāua & The Crown, 2022; Waitangi Tribunal, 2015). Was also a senior consultant for Te Puni Kōkiri, the Ministry of Māori Development, the New Zealand government’s principal policy advisor on Māori wellbeing and development (Te Puni Kōkiri, n.d.).
• My 2nd great-grandfather Clifford Humphreys🧬 was a veteran of the Great War, WWI, New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Auckland Museum, n.d.).
• My 3rd great-grandparents Katarina Te Waihanea🧬 co-Heiress of Ngāti Hāuaroa, married Pākehā Māori Alexander Bell🧬, the first white man permitted to settle in Te Rohe Pōtae (King Country), permitted by her father, Chief Te Āwhitu II Kaiariki🧬 and council, passport (Bentley, 1999; Turner & Muraahi, 1994). Alexander Bell is the progenitor of the Bells of New Zealand, Father of Taumarunui, and war veteran, Sergeant, roads and streets being named in honour of the family (Tangiwai, 1932; Thomas, 1974; Turner & Muraahi, 1994). "Had he not been diplomatic... ...not been adopted into the tribe as the son in law of a prominent chief, he would probably not be alive today." (Bentley, 1999). Katarina's half-sister, my 4th great-aunt Waikura Te Āwhitu🧬 was River Queen, supreme leader for Te Ātihaunui-a-Papārangi, the Whanganui River tribes confederation, the longest navigable river in Aotearoa New Zealand (Turner & Muraahi, 1994).
• Te Whiutahi Warahi🧬 my 3rd great-grandfather survived a ferocious taniwha (giant dragon-like creature) Kawhautahi attack, at Kawhautahi lagoon of the same name (Charman, 2014; Downes, 1937).
• Poet and songwriter of Mōteatea still sung today, and renowned lover Tūtemahurangi🧬 (of both Ngāti Hāua and Ngāti Rangatahi) is my 5th great-grandfather, and had 6 wives, was a successive leader for Ngāti Hāua iwi, whom wrote a famous mōteatea after the death of his son in an accidental burning." (Kōmako, n.d.; Ngāti Hāua Iwi Trust, n.d.; Turner & Muraahi, 1994).

"E tangi ana koe? He makariri tōu?
Nau i kuhu mai i waenganui o te takurua.
Ka whakapiri noa te kura o Mahuika,
ka taka te ahuru. ...
... Tē kite nō au i te ara ki te Reinga,
kia horomia iho ko Hinenuitepō!
Me kai e au te kora o Mahuika
i hunuhunua ai tō kiri haepapa,
tō uru makaka,
ka puia e te ahi
taku tamaiti,
e i.

Are you crying? Are you cold?
It is because you came forth in the depth of winter.
Though we embrace the spark of Mahuika,
there is no warmth. ...
... Would that I could find the pathway to Reinga
to devour Hinenuitepō!
Let me consume the spark of Mahuika
that destroyed your flesh,
and swept your curly locks with fire
my son." (Maori Affairs Department, 1966; Papers Past, 1966).

• Haig Whisky Dynasty generations, from founder Robert Haig🧬 the first known reference to whisky distilling, in 1655 to the 19th century, John Haig🧬 of Haig & Haig, are my 6th to 11th great-grandfathers. In 1958 the Haig Dimple bottle was the first container to be trademarked by the US Patent Office for its unique design, [the second to do so was Coca Cola] (Kennetpans Trust, 2010; Russell, 1881).
• War Chief Whakaneke🧬 (Ngāti Hāua) is my 7th great-grandfather, chief of Ngāti Hāuaroa, the principal hapū of Ngāti Hāua (Turner & Muraahi, 1994; Waitangi Tribunal, 2015a).

• Famed Ngāti Hāua Māori warriors Tamakaitoa and Te Āwhitu I were my 7th and 8th great-grandfathers (Turner & Muraahi, 1994).
• Kimihia I, of Ohura South (Ngāti Wera) is my 7th great-grandmother, descendant of Rangatahi. She was gifted lands, Tangarākau, from my 7th great-grandfather Terekau her cousin (Whanganui Iwi & The Crown, 2015).

• Hinetauira (Ngāti Hinewaka) is my 8th great-grandmother, descendant of Rākei-hikuroa (Ngāti Kahungunu).
• Founder of the infamous Stein Whisky dynasty "Whisky Mafia" Andrew Stein🧬 and his son John Stein🧬 of the largest distillery Kennetpans, bankers, are my 8th and 9th great-grandfathers, John's daughter Margaret married John Haig (Kennetpans Trust, 2010). Founder of Jameson Irish Whiskey Company John Jameson is my 7th great uncle (actually Scottish), who married Margaret, daughter of John Haig, thereafter they left for Ireland (Kennetpans Trust, 2010).
• Hinengākau my 9th great grandmother is the symbolic ancestor of all the people of the upper Whanganui reaches of the river, as representive and guardian.

"Ko Te Hoata [II] te pou tuarongo
Ko Te Awa Tupua te tahuhu kite pou mua
Ko Ruatupua rāua ko Paerangi ngā maihi
Nei rā te whare o Hāua.

Te Hoata [II is the anchor connecting us to our past.
Whanganui Awa is the umbilical cord interweaving our past to our present to our future
Ruatupua and Paerangi are the two main rootstock
This is the ancestral house of Hāua." (Ngāti Hāua & The Crown, 2022).

“Te Taurawhiri a Hinengākau”- the plaited rope of Hinengākau" (Ngāti Hāua Iwi Trust, n.d.).

• "The knowledge of the genealogical links of Tamakehu I [my 9th great-grandfather] to the many waka, is a guarded treasure from the whare wānanga, Ūpokotauaki at Patiarero. This sacred recital survives amidst the Kāhui Rongo of today." (Whanganui Iwi & The Crown, 2015).

"E ai ki Te Kāhui Rongo, ‘he ripo, he tipua, he kāinga’. Kua akona mātau ngā uri ko ngā
tipua kei rō wai, kei runga maunga, kei whea rānei o te rohe, - he tūpuna. Nā tēnei
whakapono, ka marama ngā uri o te awa ki te whakataukī - Kauaka e kōrero mō te
Awa, kōrero ki te Awa.

According to the Kāhui Rongo: "At each rapid, kaitiaki and people dwell.” We have
been taught that the kaitiaki within the waterways, upon the mountains - wherever in
the tribal domain they reside - are our ancestors. Therefore, we do not speak about
the Awa, instead we commune directly with the Awa." (Whanganui Iwi & The Crown, 2015).

• Tamahina of Ngāti Hāua was my 9th great-grandfather. "[His] genealogy... ...ancient people of Ohura and Taumarunui, known as Ngāti Ruatipua... ...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... ...when Turi arrived in the Aotea canoe,.. ...when Pāoa 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,... ...the descendants of Ruatipua can alone perhaps of all the ancient tribes boast that they are an Iwi Rangatira." (Gudgeon, 1893).
• My 10th great grandmother Ruakā is the eponmous ancestress of Whanganui River, descended from the original ancient people of Aotearoa (New Zealand), Ngā Paerangi, through... ... Numia (Waitangi Tribunal, 2015; Jones, 1975).
• Hoata II is my 11th great-grandfather whom settled in Taumarunui (Ngāti Hāua & The Crown, 2022).

• Mahuta is my 11th great grandmother, Ngāti Mahuta's eponymous ancestor.
• My 11th great grandmother Elizabeth Abercromby was nursemaid for my 5th cousin, 14 times removed, Princess Elizabeth Stuart of England, Electress Palatine, Queen of Bohemia Consort.
• Sir James Andrew Haig, 17th Laird of Bemersyde is my 12th great grandfather.
• Ngāti Hāua progenitor Te Hoata II (Ngāti Hā) is my 12th great grandfather, negotiated a permanent peace treaty with antagonist Tamāio, Leader of Tainui, cementing the treaty by marrying Hoata's daughter Hinemata at Te Peke, Taumarunui, of which descended the House of Potatau, the first Māori King.
• My 13th great grandfather Marukōpiri (of Kāhui Maru, the ancient Taranaki people preceding Toi), he settled on the Whanganui River (Pare, 2017).
• My 14th great-grandfather Pourua and 17th great-granduncle Paerangi II, divided the lands between them as was their right. The western side of the main ridge was given to the descendants of Pourua, namely his sons, Tāhau my ancestor and Tūtamaki. The eastern side of the main ridge was for the descendants of Paerangi II. This decision affirmed the distinction between Whanganui Iwi and its neighbouring relatives. (Whanganui Iwi & The Crown, 2015).
• Martyrs Rev. John Rogers and his son academic Daniel Rogers🧬, were my 14th and 15th great-grandfathers.
• Sir John Erskine, 5th Lord Erskine is my 16th great grandfather.
• Elizabeth Stuart, Countess of Argyle, Stewart of Darnley (Lennox), is my 17th great grandmother, her father was John, the 10th Earl of Lennox, my common ancestor with the current House of Windsor (Coburg and Gotha).
• Elizabeth Tilney🧬, Countess of Surrey is my 18th great-grandmother, was grandmother to my first cousins 18 removed Queens of England, Ann Bolyen & Catherine Howard🧬, and great-grandmother to Queen Regent Elizabeth I Tudor🧬 my 2nd cousin 18 removed who ushered in a golden age.

• Kahurere, is my 18th great grandmother, Māori healer and pioneer of herbal medicine (Royal Society Te Apārangi [RS], 2018). "...specifically harakeke, koromiko, kawakawa, and rangiora." (Wikipedia, 2022h).

• Māori experimental gardener and early New Zealand scientist Whakaotirangi, was my 18th great grandmother, introduced Kūmara to Aotearoa New Zealand (RS, 2017).

• The Captain of the Aotea waka Turi my 18th great-grandfather, who voyaged from Rangiatea to New Zealand, probably about fifty years before the arrival of Tainui. "..., Ngāti Hāu relate to Turi and the Aotea canoe rather than to Paerangi. among Turi's descendants is Pōrau / Pourua, my 14th great-grandfather, who lived between the Waitōtara and Whanganui Rivers." (Waitangi Tribunal, 2015a).

• Ngāti Hāua primogenitor Ruatupua (Ngāti Ruatupua) is my 18th great-grandfather

• Paerangi I was diefied as a god of peace, harmony, and spirituality at the foot of Ruapehu, first to settle on the Whanganui River (Bennion, 1994).
• King Robert III Stewart of Scots is my 20th great-grandfather.
• King Edward III Plantagenet of England🧬 is my 22nd great-grandfather.

• My 22nd great-grandfather Haunui II named the Whanganui River (Adkin, 1941).
• Powerful tohunga, Ngātoroirangi was my 22nd great grandfather.
• Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, is my 23rd great grandfather.

• King Philip IV Capet of France🧬 is my 24th great grandfather.
• My 24th great grandfather Paikea was the famed Whale Rider.
• Magna Carta proclamation required by King John I Angevin of England🧬 my 25th great-grandfather, and Sureties of the Magna Carta (23 of 25), witnessed, signed, and enforced by my 16 great-grandfathers, 5 great uncles, a 1st cousin, and a second cousin. Liberty of the individual against the arbitrary authority of the despot.
• The legendary Māui being my 25th great-grandfather.
• The Greatest Knight that ever lived Sir William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, served 5 English kings, and Magna Carta surety, is my 26th great grandfather.
• One of the wealthiest and most powerful women in Europe of the High Middle Ages, Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen consort of France, and England, is my 26th great grandmother.
• Ohomairangi, my 25th great grandfather, the guardian of Taputapuatea marae the most sacred site in Polynesia (Ra‘iātea, Society Islands).
• Robin Hoods Sir Fulk III Fitzwarin and Robert de Loxley, fitzOdo were my 26th and 27th great grandfathers.
• Friedrich Barbosa, Holy Roman Emperor, is my 27th great grandfather.
• My 27th great grandmother Empress Matilda, Lady of England, was the first women to control England.
• My mother's patrilineal ancestor and progenitor of Clan Costley Jocelyn de Angulo, 1st Baron of Navan, is my 28th great grandfather (Wikipedia, 2022a; Wikipedia, 2022c).
• 28th great-grandfather who died Te Ariki-upoko-tini ← Tai-te-ariki, died at Te Onetapu.

• William the Conqueror, King of Englland, is my 29th great grandfather.
• Alexios III Byzantine Emperor, was my 29th great-grandfather (the continuation of the Roman Empire SPQR).
• King Gruffydd ap Llewelyn of the Britons is my 29th great-grandfather, the last and only king of all of Wales.
• Whirotupua the great Polynesian voyager is my 29th great-granfather (Waitangi Tribunal, 2015).

• Lady Godiva "...rode through, clothed only in her long hair... [in protest of high taxes]", she was my 33rd great-grandmother (Geni calculates as great-aunt, as 32 is closer than a 33).
• Duke Rollo of Normandy, Leader of the Normans, is my 33rd great-grandfather.
• The founder of Scotland, King Kenneth I MacAlpine of the Picts is my 35th ancestor.
• King Ælfrēd the Great of the Anglo Saxons, is my 35th great grandfather, successfully defended his country against Viking invasions.
• The founder of England, last king of Wessex, Æthelstan, 1st king of the English, is my 35th great uncle, who had no children and never married.
• The cultural progenitor for Belarusians, Ukrainians, and Russians, Rurik, the founder of the Rurikid Dynasty, is my 35th great-grandfather.
• Emperor Charlemagne is my 37th great-grandfather, the Father of Europe.
• King Ragnor Lodbrok of Denmark and Norway is my 39th great grandfather.
• My 39th great grandfather Charles Martel, a brave Frankish leader, stopped the Arab invasion of Europe, in the Battle of Tours.
• Ruatipua my 38-39th great-grandfather whose decendants 13 generations later intermarried with earliest of famed explorers to Aotearoa New Zealand as they arrived as first nations Māori (Waitangi Tribunal, 2015b).

• The fifth Umayyad caliph Marwaan I bin Hakam al-Qurayshi ؓ(), is my 44th great-grandfather, companion of the prophet Muhammad bin AbdAllah ﷺ of Islam. Through Auria de Pamplona (As recorded by historian Ibn Hazim), allthough Christian Settipani suggested that Oria may be the daughter of Awriyal] (Narbaitz, 2007). The prophet was also the husband of my first cousin 46 times removed Ramlah binti Sufyaan ؓ() the "Mother of the Believers".

Other early recorded ancestors

• My 103rd-108th great grandfather is Atea-vai-takere-kore / Te Tumu I, of Western Polynesia, 728 BC - 603 BC (((103 or 108 +2)x25)-2022).

• My 61st great-grandfather venerable Adnān is the eponymous ancestor of the northern Arabs and direct descendant of Qedar the son of Ishmael, the son of the prophet Abraham and Hagar the Canaanite daughter of a Pharoah, and Adnan's wife Mahdad binti Laham is the descendant of Sheba (Sabeans) son of Jokshan the son of Abraham and Keturah (in which the Jewish Chronicle, Thalmudic and Assyrian inscriptions, collaborate) (Wikipedia, 2023).
• Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus Herculius, the Western Roman Emperor is my 53rd great-grandfather. est. 250 A.D.
• King Bran of Siluria is my 58th great-grandfather est. 43 B.C.
• Euddolen ab Afallach is my 60th great-grandfather est. 35 B.C., ancestor to the kings of Powys.
• King Coel Godhebog of Caercolun is my 61st great-grandfather est. 150 A.D.
• Tiki, is my 55th great grandfather.
• Owain ab Afallach is my 61st great-grandfather est. 40 B.C., ancestor to the kings of Gwynedd.

Hello uncle, hello cousin - Aggregated genetic distance, coefficient of relationship, and degree of consanguinity = D + r + C

• My 2nd great-uncles Te Whango & Te Manupure, served in the Māori battalion in France, and Europe, Dick enjoyed the war (Thomas, 1974).
• My 3rd great-uncle Piripi Te Maari-o-te-rangi was a notable New Zealand tribal leader, farmer, protester and orator, of Ngāti Kahungunu and Rākaiwhakairi iwi, prominent as a defender of the rights of the Wairarapa people to their lands and lakes (Ballara & Carter, 1990; Wikipedia, 2022d).
• New Zealand's first Māori Priest Wiremu Te Āwhitu🧬 is my 1st cousin twice removed (Roman Catholic), (Mariu, 2000; Turner & Muraahi, 1994 ).
• Jemaine Atea Mahana Clement of Flight of the Conchords, is my 4th cousin once removed.
• Musician, songwriter, founding member of the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards🧬 is my 3rd cousin twice removed. Keith turned out a lot different than Grandad. Recognized as the 4th greatest guitar player, wrote 14 of the top 100 greatest songs.
• U.S. Secretary of State, Army General, Supreme Allied Commander Europe Alexander Haig is my 5th cousin thrice removed.
• Pei Te Hurinui Jones OBE, Māori political leader, writer, genealogist, and historian, is my 6th cousin, twice removed.
• WWII Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig🧬 is my 2nd cousin six times removed.
• Marquis Marconi🧬 inventor of the Radio, Nobel Prize in Physics, Marconi's Law, created the telegraph system, is my 3rd cousin five times removed.
• My 5th cousin five times removed, Te Pēhi Pakoro Tūroa, signed the Te Tiriti o Waitangi, New Zealand's founding document and constitutional agreement of partnership with the Crown (New Zealand Ministry of Culture and Heritage [NZMC], n.d.a).
• My 6th cousin six times removed, Rere-ō-maki, was one of 13 women to sign the treaty Te Tiriti o Waitangi, New Zealand's founding document and constitutional agreement of partnership with the Crown (NZMC, n.d.b).
• My 6th cousins six times removed Hōri Kīngi Te Ānaua, and Kāwana Pitiroi Paipai signed the treaty Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
• My 2nd cousin eight times removed Taonui I Hīkaka, Sr. signed the treaty Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
• David Cameron, whom was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom,, was my 7th cousin twice removed.
• Māori King Tūheitia Te Wherowhero VII🧬 [of Tainui] is my 9th cousin twice removed.
• My 14th great-aunt Phebe Manning was my earliest relative to settle in America, 1637 (Salem, Massachusetts).
• English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat Geoffrey Chaucer is my 20th great uncle.
• Richard the Lionheart, king of England is my 26th great uncle.
• Harald Hard Ruler III, King of Norway, is my 33rd great uncle.
• Basil II, Byzantine Emperor, is my 34th great uncle.
• Māori Kingship declined by my first cousin, 7 times removed, Tōpine Te Mamaku, Chief of Ngāti Hāua iwi
• War chief Te Rauparaha is my third cousin 8 times removed.
• My 6th cousin 8 times removed is Sir Walter Scott Bt., Scottish novelist, poet, playwright and historian.
• Accused of Witchcraft, sisters Sarah Bishop and Phebe Day my 6th cousins 11 removed, former escaped Salem jail, latter lucky to be jailed in Ipswich, freed 3 months later.
• Queen Elizabeth II Windsor of the UK🧬 is my 13th cousin four times removed.
• Princess Diana🧬 Spencer of the People, was my 14th cousin twice removed.
• King Charles III Windsor of the UK🧬 is my 14th cousin thrice removed.
• Tudor Queen Consorts of England, Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard, and Jane Seymour, are my 1st cousins 18th removed.
• King James II of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, is my first cousin 21 times removed.
• King Henry V of England and Richard II are my 1st cousin 22 removed.
• First European to land in North America, the Viking explorer Leif Erikson, is my 4th cousin 32 times removed.
• The prophet Muhammad ﷺ is my 3rd cousin 47 times removed.

Waka. The Polynesian vessels my ancestors arrived on, speeds of 7.8 and 27.5 knots cross wind.

• Hikutoto: Whakatau, chief, 18th great-grandfather.
• Tapatapa-hukarere (Hakirere): Whakatau, chief, 18th great-grandfather.
• Tawhirirangi: Ngahue, captain, 19th great-grandfather.
• Aotea: Turi, chief, 20th great-grandfather (major gods: Maru, Te-Ihinga-o-te-Rangi, Kahu-kura, Ronngo-mai, small gods: Haere-iti, Rehua).
• Tahatuna: Manaia, a captain, 21st great-grandfather.
• Mahanga-a-Tuamatua:
  • Tainui: Hoturoa, captain, 22nd great-grandfather, Hia-roa, high priest (Bird Cult), 20th great grandfather. (Made kohatu-whakairi stonne alter in Whitianga, Ahurei at Kāwhia)
  • Te Arawa: Ngātoro-i-rangi, tohunga, 22nd great grandfather.
• Matahourua: Kupe, chief, 25th great-grandfather, and Reti, navigator, and his wife Kuramārōtini.
• Horouta: Pāoa, captain, 23rd great-grandfather.
• Mātaatua: Tama-ki-hiku-rangi, navigator, 23rd great uncle.
• Nukutere: Te Whironui, captain, 24th great grandfather.
• Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi: Whakatau, chief, Rongomai, captain, 17th great-grandfather.
• Kurahaupō 1 (Te Hawai/Tārai-pō): Whātonga, captain, Popoto, chief, Pōhurihanga, captain.
• Kurahaupō 2: Taumauri, commander, Maungaroa, captain
• Takitimu: Ruawharo, navigator, Tupai, navigator, Tamatea-ariki-nui, chief, Rongokako, captain
• Taikoria: Ruatamore, captain, my ancestor via Maieke.
• Paepae-ki-Rarotonga: Whātonga, captain, Waitahaarikikore, captain
• Tereanini: Pouheni, captain, and a great uncle Rongomai-tūāhu, captain
• Aratawhao: Tama-ki-hiku-rangi, chief, 23rd great uncle.
• Tokomaru
• Paepae-ki-te-Rarotonga. Rangimātoru. Kaioi. Aea-ka-huru-manu/Huruhurumanu. Papahuakina. Pauiraraira. Rewarewa. Tukako. Uruao. Wakaringaringa. Tu-te-pewa-a-rangi/Tutepawharangi. Hinaki-pakau-o-te-rupe/Tūtara-kauika. Tūnuiārangi, Ruakaramea, Moekākara, Te Waka tūwhenua, Mātaatua, Hurumanu.
• Paerangi🐦. Ruatupua🐦. Te Manu-nui-a-rua-kapanga🐦. Paikea-Kahutia-te-rangi🐋. Paneiraira🦎. Pumice stone🪨

(Evans, 2016).

Vessels. The vessels my Pākehā ancestors used, to journey on, and eventually arrive in Aotearoa New Zealand.

• Cutty Sark, one of the fastest ever clippers at 17.5 knots, had the edge in heavy winds, known to sail past steam ships in the middle of the night, also known to smuggle whisky during 1920's Prohibition (Cutty Sark Whisky, n.d.; Wikipedia, 2022e). SS Ionic, Brilliant, London, Mataoka, Alma, Countess of Kintore, Mary Ann, Donaldmckay, Gresham, Prestonian, Thomas Harrison.

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