Ko Ruahine te maunga              Ruahine is the mountain

Ko Whatuma te waiū                Whatuma is the source of physical sustenance

Ko Ruataniwha te mānia            Ruataniwha is the plain

Ko Ngāti Mārau te hapū            Ngāti Mārau is the hapū

Ko Te Rangitotohu te tangata      Te Rangitotohu is the man

Ko Rākautātahi te marae           Rākautātahi is the marae



Iriwhata Hanita was born in the middle of the 19th Century about 1850 at Waipukurau Pa, and he died  in 1926 at Rākautātahi, he is buried at Tapairu Pa. He was one of three born to Hanita Te Maero and  Huriana Manene. He had two sisters Kerenapu and Miriama Tahi. 



Iriwhata married four times 1. Rahera 2. Ataria 3. Maharata 4. Takurangi. He had three children 

with his first wife Rahera. Iriwhata married Ataria Mako Karena (from whom we descend) about 1874 

or 75. Ataria is the daughter of Karena Ruataniwha of Omahu and Pipi Maharata Mauku.



Iriwhata and Ataria had ten children, Rikirangi, Whakahewa, Miriama Te Hokimate (Noti), Te Maero, 

Mokai, Waengarangi I, Meri (Noihu), Neta, Waengarangi II, and Te Apatu (Jack).