Ko Houmaitawhiti te matua o Tamatekapua, tangata o Te Arawa waka. Ko tēnei whare whakairo he mea hanga mōna e Ngāti Pikiao ki Maketū, i te tau 1860. Pērā anō i ngā whare whakairo o tērā wā, he mea hanga a Houmaitawhiti i ngā whakairo o ngā waka taua. I te tīmatanga o te rautau 1900 ka nekehia te whare ki te marae o Pounamunui ki Rotoiti, te puna tangata o Ngāti Pikiao. Mārama kehokeho te ātaahua o ngā whakairo o te tohunga o Ngāti Tarāwhai, a Wero Tāroi.
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