Ngāti Tahu - Ngāti Whaoa
Ngāti Tahu - Ngāti Whaoa is a Māori iwi of New Zealand who are the descendants of Tahu Matua.
Tahu Matua arrived here in Aotearoa before the arrival of the seven waka from Hawaiki.
Our Tupuna Whaoa is some generations younger. Whaoa descends from Tahu matua on his mother’s side, Hinewai, and he descends from Atuamatua on his father’s side, Paengatu. As a tribe, we derive our name from our ancestors Tahu matua and Whaoa.
Through successive generations of inter-marriage with neighbouring iwi, our tribal members also trace descent from ancestors who arrived on the Arawa, Mataatua and Tainui waka.
