Ko Tongariro te Maunga
Ko Whanganui te Awa
Ko Te Atihaunui-ā-Pāpārangi te Iwi

Our whānau have been on a hīkoi, from the awa of Whanganui, to the shores of Te Waipounamu. There are up to five generations, numbering well over 700. Although it has taken more than a century to get here, our new found heritage will last long into the future.

We have discovered we are the descendants of Aperahama Pukukaiaotea, #372 on the 1848 Kaumātua Census. Pinana Te Atua (his daughter) had a daughter, Elizabeth King aka Betsy Emmanuel or Peti Imanuera. Peti and John McLeod had 12 children, all born in Otago/Southland. [Read more…]