Te wairua me te mana o Te Hikutū hails from 1,600 years of ancestral, cultural and historical relationships. The fifteen (15) Hapū of Te Hikutu, Te Whakaminenga o Te Hikutu Hapū–Whānau (TWOTH)

 

Te Hikutu:  Rangatira/Tupuna: Kupenuku 1;
Ngai Tupoto: Rangatira/Tupuna: Tupoto;
Ngati Kairewa: Rangatira/Tupuna: Kairewa (Son of Tupoto);
Ngati Manawa ki Whirinaki: Rangatira/Tupuna: Pare (Daughter of Kairewa and Waimirirangi who married Te Reinga (hohou te rongo);
Whanaurape: Rangatira/Tupuna: Haere-ki-te-ra (Daughter of Kairewa & Waimirirangi);
Tuapango: Rangatira/Tupuna: Tuteauru – Descendants who reside only in Whirinaki, descendants of Parekura, Haa, Whakaturangi, Mamaku (Marama). Not those that reside in Otaua or Taheke (Mohi Tawhai, 1885, Maori Land Ct, Pp 236);
Ngati Kerewhiti: Rangatira/Tupuna: Kerewhiti (Son of Tuteauru);
Ngai Tupango. Rangatira/Tupuna: Tupango (Mokopuna of Tuteauru – originally known as Whanaurape);
Ngati Kuri: Rangatira/Tupuna: Te Ika Huka (Son of Mange – Descendants of Tuteauru, who remained in Whirinaki);
Ngati Kura: Rangatira/Tupuna: Ngatikura (Mokopuna of Tuteauru – originally known as Whanaurape);
Whanauwhero: Rangatira/Tupuna Te Hauangiangi;
Whanaupani: Rangatira/Tupuna;
Whanautara: Rangatira/Tupuna; Pikutu (Son of Ngaro-ki-te-uru);
Te Akitai: Rangatira/Tupuna: Kamariera (Son of Ngaro-ki-te-uru); and
Ngati Parenga: Rangatira/Tupuna: Merepeka & Ihapera (Daughters of Keha or Kokeha – 28th signatory of Te Tirtii).