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Story: Ngāti Toarangatira

Ngāti Toa lines of descent

Ngāti Toa lines of descent

This whakapapa (genealogical chart) shows the descent line of the Ngāti Toa ancestor Toarangatira, from Hoturoa, the commander of the Tainui canoe.

Whakapapa from information provided by Mīria Pōmare

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Mīria Pōmare, Ngāti Toarangatira – Identity, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/whakapapa/1343/ngati-toa-lines-of-descent (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Mīria Pōmare, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.

Comments

Robert William Kete
25 August 2024
Tainui whakapapa is considered reliable because it has been consistent and so accessible. Of all Iwi, Tainui is probably the most famous and well known. But I don't think anything is being held back today. The information age has opened up the world for everyone and you only have to use those resources made readily available and look. The dark days of information exclusion has gone.
Davina Nisbet
20 September 2016
Why is our whakapapa so easy accessed, when every other iwi protect theirs, what is wrong with this picture, i find it offensive that all one needs to do is google Toarangatira whakapapa and this page pops up, no struggle nothing, i bet if Toa was a trust you wouldn't have our whakapapa or access to this page so readily available.