Muriwai - Kia whakatāne au i ahau
Taku Ariki Tapairu heke mai i a Tawhaki, ko Hau,ko Nuiho, ko Nuake, ko Manu.  Ko Weka ka moe i a Irakewa, ko taku Ariki Tapairu.  E Kui Muriwai, nōu te aho Ariki mātāmua.  Tōku Mana Mareikura, he Manukura, he Manu Ariki.  

Ko Muriwai te tamahine a Irakewa rāua ko Wekanui.  I whakawhiti a Irakewa i te Moana Nui ā-Kiwa, i mua rā anō i ngā waka maha i wehe i Rarotonga.  I tana hokinga ki Mauke, ka hoatu i te mana ki tana tama a Toroa.  Māna te waka o Mataatua e tiaki.  E toru ngā tohu whenua a Irakewa ki a Toroa. 
1.  he wairere
2.  he ana (mā Muriwai)
3.  he toka - Te Toka a Irakewa.  

Ka moe a Muriwai i a Tamatea Matangi.  Ko a rāua tamariki, ko Repanga, ko Tanewhirinaki, ko Hineikauia, ko Rangikurukuru, ko Koau.  
I tētahi rā ka rere atu a te waka o Mātaatua.  I te kitenga i a Muriwai ki te waka, ka whakahau mai i te karakia, kia whakatāne au i ahau.  Nāna te waka Mataatua i tiki ake.  He tapu rawa te mahi nei.  Ka hiko te uira, ka haruru te rangi, ka ngaoko te whenua.  I te hī ika āna tamariki i te moana, ka toremi āna tama a Tanewhirinaki rāua ko Koau.  Ka rāhuitia e Muriwai i ngā wai mai Ngā Kurī ā Whārei ki Tihirau, ko te tapu o Muriwai.

Tautūrangi
The next ancestor of note was Tautūrangi, who arrived in the Nukutere canoe 26 generations before 1900. The canoe made landfall in an isolated rocky cove, and was moored to a flat white rock named Te Rangi. Tautūrangi and his followers then sailed round to Te Kōtukutuku and went ashore.

Tautūrangi’s first act of claiming the land was to travel up the Waiaua Valley to a high point on the skyline, named Kapuarangi. There he installed the god Tamaīwaho. Tautūrangi’s tribe was known as Te Wakanui until the time of Tūtāmure, born eight generations later.

Tarawa

Tarawa was the first ancestor to arrive from Hawaiki. According to one legend he swam to New Zealand and came ashore at Paerātā, east of the Waiōtahe River. There he released two pet fish in a spring which became known as Ōpōtiki-mai-tawhiti (the pets from afar). This name was later applied to the township of Ōpōtiki. Tarawa’s arrival is marked by two carved pillars commemorating the settlement of the land by Māori and later Pākehā ancestors.

Muriwai

Muriwai is the daughter of Irakewa and Wekanui.  Her father Irakewa, sailed to Aotearoa before he sent his children, Taneatua, Toroa, Puhi and Muriwai on the Mataatua waka.  His purpose was to find a place for his children to settle, and he explained to Toroa three landmarks to specifically look for:  A waterfall, a cave, and a rock.  During a fishing expedition, two sons of Muriwai drowned.  Muriwai placed a ritual prohibition of the collection of any kaimoana and other kai in waterways from Ngā Kurī ā Wharei to Tihirau.  This expansive prohibition is known as Te Tapu o Muriwai.

Tūtāmure

Tūtāmure established the eastern boundary between the two tribes of Te Wakanui and Ngāi Tai at Tōrere, and inland from Te Rangi cove to Ōroi.  He led an attack on the pā of Ngāti Kahungunu in Maungakāhia, to avenge the murder of his sister Tāneroa by her husband. During the battle Tūtāmure broke a club, and reached for his more durable whalebone club to smash the heads of his enemies and bury them. Thereafter, the victorious Tūtāmure and his people were known as Te Panenehu (the buried heads).

Tūtāmure built Poutōtara pā inland at Waiaua to seal off retaliatory raids by Ngāti Kahungunu. He occupied several pā at Waiaua, including the iconic, pyramid-shaped Mākeo behind Ōmarumutu marae.

Hau-o-te-rangi

Irapuaia

Taikurere

Ruamoko

Ko Irapuaia te tama a Rangikurukuru. 
​Ko Rangikurukuru te tamaiti tuawhā a Muriwai rāua ko Tamatea Matangi.  Ko Irapuaia tā rāua mokopuna.  Ko te tamaiti a Irapuaia ko Rongomatauriki, ka puta ko Tumatiatia, ka puta ko Tararehe, ka puta ko Te Ikapare, ka puta ko Te Uruariki.  Ko Te Uruariki te poutāhū i roto i te wharenui i Waioweka.  Ko Irapuaia te wharenui.  Ko Whiripare te poutuarongo i roto i te whare.  Ka heke mai te hapū o Ngāti Ira i te tīpuna nei, a Irapuaia.  

Irapuaia was the son of Rangikurukuru, a mokopuna of Muriwai and Tamatea Matangi.  Irapuaia has a son named Rongomatauriki, whom begat Tumatiatia, who begat Tararehe, who begat Te Ikapare, who begat Te Uruāriki.  He is featured on the front ridge pole at the front of the wharenui.  His twin sister, Whiripare, features on the back wall post.  These two posts support the ridge pole of the wharenui, named Irapuaia.  The sub-tribe Ngāti Ira, descend from Irapuaia, the sub-tribe also known as Ngāti Irapuaia.​

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