He tipuna, he hapū, he iwi

Ngāti Hinemanu and Ngāti Paki obtain Mana Whenua status from the original people of the whenua being the people of Māui, Te Tini o Toi, Ngāti Hotu, Ngāti Whatumamoa, Orotu and others coming down to the migration of the Tākitimu and Kurahaupō Waka.

Ngāti Hinemanu:

• • Rongomaiwahine who descended from the Kurahaupo Waka was courted at her home in Te Māhia by Kahungunu who was descended from the Tākitimu Waka. The whakapapa flows down through their eldest child Kahukuranui and his offspring who migrated down from Turanga, Gisborne area via Te Māhia to Heretaunga (Hastings District). From Kahukuranui descended Rākaihikuroa, from who descended Taraia 1st and then followed his grandson Taraia 2nd who married Punakiao from Inland Pātea.
• Punakiao also descend from the original peoples of the whenua via the marriage of Nukuteaio and Te Ohuake down to her father Tutemohuta and his marriage to Hinemoehau who were her parents.
• lt is through the marriage of Punakiao and Taraia 2nd that our ancestress Hinemanu came into being hence the hapü of Ngāti Hinemanu.
  Hinemanu married Tautahi who also has whakapapa to the original peoples of the whenua through his grandmother Haumoetahanga who was a sister to Punakiao, the mother of Hinemanu.

Ngāti Paki:

• Our tupuna koroua Winiata Te Whaaro said to Judge O'Brian on the 29th April 1890 in the Court of Appeal of New Zealand in the matter of the Mangaohane hearing:
  "Ngāti Paki, Ngāti Ngahoa and Ngāti Ngāruru were descendants of Irokino and Rangiwhakamatuku. When Hinemanu married Tautahi we became known as Ngāti Hineq,anu."
  What he emphasising is that up until the marriage of Hinemanu to Tautahi his people were known as Ngāti Paki.
• Ngāti Paki origins trace from two principal lines of descent. They descend from the whakapapa of the original peoples of the whenua as well as from the the Tākitimu and Kurahaupō Waka down through the marriage of Rongomaiwahine and Kahungunu and others to the marriage of Huripapa and Te Wehioterangi, who had Te Aopakiaka and Rongomaipuku. They then descend from Rongomaipuku down to Te Ohuake and Nukuteaio who had Te Rangiwhakamatuku. Nukuteaio can also trace her origins to the original inhabitants of the whenua.
• Te Rangiwhakamatuku married Tauke who also descended from the Kurahaupo and Tākitimu waka. Tauke is a descendant of Te Aopakiaka who was the uncle of Te Rangiwhakamatuku. The intimacy of these whakapapa connections has always been treasured by our peoples.

MODERN CIRCUMSTANCE

1. Today Ngāti Hinemanu has four marae on the Ngaruroro Awa.
   • Te Āwhina Marae,
   • Ōmahu Marae,
   • Rūnanga Marae,
   • Ōhiti Marae all located in what has become known as the Heretaunga of the Hawkes Bay region
   
   
2. Ngāti Hinemanu and Ngāti Paki have one marae on the Hautapu Awa which is more commonly identified as:
   • Winiata Marae. This is situated in what has become known as Inland Pātea of the Taihape region.