Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti

Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti is a Māori iwi (tribe) on the East Coast of New Zealand's North Island.

However, Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti trace their whakapapa from Rongomaituaho, grandson of Uenuku and son of Kahutiaterangi, who captained the Tereanini waka.

[1][2] Local hapu and the Hauiti ariki Whakatataare-o-te-rangi encountered the British explorer Captain James Cook in 1769; including Tupaia the Tahitian who accompanied Cook on his voyage around the Pacific Ocean.

The origins of Rongowhakaata, the eponymous ancestor, is traced to the area occupied by Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti.

Uawa-nui-a-Ruamatua, dividing the township Tolaga Bay and Hauiti, is the tribe's awa (sacred river).

Poupou from the early 18th century (from the iwi Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti), last object of the first voyage of James Cook (1768-1771), gift to Joseph Banks , now at the Museum of the University of Tübingen MUT ( Germany )