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Names of direct descendants have been placed first; this is not necessarily indicative of their being the eldest




Uhenga (c 895) begat Poutama who begat Whiti-rangi-mamao who begat KUPE, widely accepted as the first Polynesian explorer to Aotearoa (click here for further info). Kupe captained the Matawhaorua waka.
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Kupe had three wives: Hine-te-Aparangi, Peketahi and Kuramarotini. Kura bore Kupe 10 children, one of whom was MATIU (m).
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Matiu begat MAKORO (m).
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Makoro begat MAEA (m).
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Maea begat MAAHU (m).
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Maahu begat NUKUTAWHITI. Nuku-tawhiti married Kahu-o-te-Rangi Mahu who bore him Rongomai (m), Moerewa (f) and Papatuanuku (m). He also married Hineariki who bore him Ngarunui (m) and Papatahuriho (m). Nuku-tawhiti also married Aniwaniwa and captained the Ngatokimatawhaorua waka.
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Nukutawhiti begat NGARUNUI (m). Note that the significance of this name is related in Ngapuhi tradition whereby "Ngaru-nui" or large wave, was the wave called up when Nukutawhiti peformed karakia on his departing for Aotearoa from Hawaiiki. Waka then rode "Ngaru-nui", the large wave, to Te Hokianga nui a Kupe (Hokianga harbour).
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Ngarunui begat NGARUROA (m). Note that the significance of this name us related in Ngapuhi tradition whereby on seeing the Hokianga, Ngaru-nui (large wave) dropped away and "Ngaru-roa" or long wave, rose to guide them into the harbour.
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Ngaruroa begat NGARUPAEWHENUA (m). Note that the significance of this name is also related in Ngapuhi tradition whereby as Nukutawhiti's waka was taken ashore, Ngaru-roa dropped away to be replaced by "Ngaru-pae-whenua" (shore-ward wave) guiding them onto land safely.
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Ngarupaewhenua begat HIKUITI (m).
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Hikuiti begat TAURA (m).
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Taura begat TAURA-I-TE-PO (m).
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Taura-i-te-Po begat TAURAMOKO (m) and Tawakehaunga (m).
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Tauramoko & Te Hauangiangi (daughter of Puhi-moana-ariki & Rongomai) begat RAHIRI (m), Puna-te-Ariari (f), Tangaroa-Whakamana-mana (m), Moko-nui-a-rangi (f) and Paru (m).
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Rahiri and his second wife Whakaruru begat KAHARAU-MANAWA-KOTITI (m), Rongomai (m), Tawaka-haunga (m), Raparapa (m), Tikitiki-Ngahuru (m), Tangaroa-whakamautai (m).
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Kaharau-manawa-kotiti & Houringa begat TAURAPOHO (m), Tikitikingahuru (m), Rongomai Apu (m).
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Taurapoho & Ihenga begat TUPOTO (m), Tikitikingahuri (m) and Mamae (m).
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Tupoto & Tawakeiti begat KAIREWA (m).
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Kairewa and Waimirirangi begat TAMATEA (m), Te Huaki (m), Whakarongo (m), Haere-ki-te-ra (f), Pare (f), Waetahi (m), Taonui (m), Ruarei (m), Raparapa (m), Te Mutuharenui (f), Ruitaia (m) and Miringa (f).
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Tamatea & Tiari begat KIRINGARAHU (m), Takateauahi (m), Takiteahahi Rapihana (m), Kiri Ngarahu Rapihana (f) and Takiwa Rapihana (f).
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Kiringarahu & Aokarere begat MARUWHENUA (m).
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Maruwhenua & Marino begat TE WAIORO (m) and Kukupa (m).
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Wairoro & Ngono begat TE RUAMAMAO (f) and Kai-manu Ngono (f).
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Ruamamao and Tuku begat TE PAEPAE (m), Pape (m) and Te Toko.
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Te Paepae & Hakona begat HENI NGARUA (f) and Mereana Ngahau (f); further information on Heni can be found here.
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Heni Ngarua (also known as Heni Jane Takahini, Jane Takehui, Heni Paepae and Heni Ngarua Takehui) married Edward Thompson Boyce (1809-1888) and begat DANIEL TITIPA BOYCE, Louisa Wells nee Boyce, Elizabeth Beazley nee Boyce, Sarah Harris nee Boyce, Eward Alexander Boyce and Edward Haupokia Boyce.
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Daniel Titipa Boyce married Mary Rowe nee Martin (her first husband, John Rowe, having passed away). Daniel & Mary begat ELIZA JANE BOYCE (1867-1952), Matthew Daniel "Te Hau" Boyce and Amelia (Ella) Alice Boyce.
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Eliza Jane Boyce marries Walter William Muir Ogilvy in 1893. They begat Lionel Victor Ogilvy (1894-1973), Raymond A Ogilvy (1895-1972), Walter John Ogilvy (1897-1977), Bernard James Ogilvy (1898-1941), Claude McDonald Ogilvy (1904-1992) and William George Ogilvy (1909-1987).


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