Ohomairangi was born from the union of the ancestor Pūhaorangi, who descended from the heavens and slept with Te Kuraimonoa. Six generations later when war ravaged the Polynesian island of Rangiātea, Ohomairangi’s descendant Tamatekapua led his people to the North Island of New Zealand in the canoe named Te Arawa.
Whakapapa from information provided by Paul Tapsell
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Kia Ora
George Wast (not verified)
30 September 2020
Kia ora Beatrice, thank you
Jamie Mackay
04 July 2018
The above genealogy is not
Beatrice Koopu (not verified)
28 June 2018
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