Te Whānau-a-Haunui are the descendants of Haunui Tukumana Royal, a Ngāti Whanaunga, Ngāti Maru and Ngāti Tamaterā kaumātua who lived in the period 1900-1965. His birth parents were Tūroa Kiniwe Royal of Ngāti Raukawa and Ngāti Tamaterā and Mīria Netana of Ngāti Whanaunga, Ngāti Maru and Te Whakatōhea.

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When Haunui was young, he became the whāngai-adopted child of the Ngāti Whanaunga kaumātua, Tukumana Tawīwī Te Taniwha. This followed Tukumana’s 1915 marriage to Edith (Ira) Bennett, Haunui’s grandmother. Along with his foster sister Ira Tukumana (later Renata), Haunui inherited the Waimangō property within the lands of Ngāti Whanaunga from Tukumana.

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Haunui married Meri Te Oi Tamehana of Ngā Puhi and they had twelve children, eleven of whom survived to adulthood. They in turn had many children so that today, Te Whānau-a-Haunui numbers over three hundred members now living throughout New Zealand, Australia and beyond.

 

Te Whānau-a-Haunui is the latest expression of the tangata whenua of Waimangō reaching back all the way to the early days of Tainui settlement in this area of Hauraki.

 

Te Whānau-a-Haunui are one of the contemporary whānau making up modern day Ngāti Whanaunga. We also have strong links with both Ngāti Maru (particularly at Kōpū) and Ngāti Tamaterā. Hence, we also belong to the Marutūahu confederation of tribes.

 

Here is a list of the children of Haunui Tukumana Royal and Meri Te Oi Tamehana.