Takitimu te Waka (Takitimu is our waka/canoe)
Tamatea Arikinui te Tangata (Tamatea is the Captain of Takitimu canoe)    
Ngati Kahungunu te iwi (Son of Tamatea, Kahungunu is our 
tribe)                                                               
Ko Ngati Hinemanu, Ngai te Upokoiri nga hapu (Our sub tribes)
Ko Puketapu te maunga (Sacred Mountain, on otherside of river, above hotel)
Ko Ngaruroro te awa (Our river)
Ko Kahukuranui te wharenui (Son of Kahungunu and name of our Meeting House)
Ko Ruatapuwahine te wharekai (Ruatapuwahine was Kahukuranui’s wife and name of dinning room)
Omahu te rohe (Our home area)
Konei te iri o Tame Karena raua ko Taupiri Te Paea Pita
ara oku maatua tipuna. Who we descended from, our forefathers/mothers)
-	Provided by Lance Karena (See details in stories section)
The Karena Family Tree has been developed in honour of Taupiri (Sophie) Te Paea Pita and Thomas 
Mohi (Moses) Karena who lived and raised a large family at Omahu, Hastings during the mid 
1900s. Family members are invited to register and add family members, stories and photos. 
The aim of the site is to provide family members with a forum to share whakapapa information, 
covering some 44 generations to Maui. It also provides a tool to keep members informed about 
family living locally and internationally.
As of 24 April 2011 the two family whakapapa's ie Karena Family Tree From Omahu and Ataria Family 
Tree (http://iriwhatahanita.tribalpages.com) contained 1803 names.
LINKS TO OTHER WEB SITES
28 Maori Battalion - The 28th Maori Battalion has a roll and Thomas (Tame) Mohi (Moses) Karena can 
be found on it.  
Ngati Kahungunu Iwi Inc – for information about scholarships
Ngarimu VC – scholarships
CHRISTMAS MESSAGES FROM MĀORI PATIENTS IN NORTH AFRICA, 1942. This recording taken in 1942 is of a 
group of Māori patients from No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital in North Africa. 
Nurse Wiki Katene of Porirua (Ngāti Toa)and a group of patients from the Māori Battalion sing “Tama 
Ngākau Mārie”.  Wiki introduces the young men who offer greetings in Māori to different iwi, hapū 
and localities.  Some of the voices are hard to decipher, but the following soldiers, all wounded 
during the Alamein Campaign, have been identified:
Wiremu Pohe, Ngapuhi - Whangarei
Ngaone Tahere, Kaikohe - Ngati Tautahi
(?), Te Arawa - Ngati Pikiao
Pena Hohepa, Matata
Pita Hodge, Ngati Whakaue - Ohinemutu
Te Irimana (Paul) Waenga, Te Whānau-a-Apanui
(?) McClutchie, Ngati Porou - Wharekahika
Barney Kapuaroa, Turanganui
Possibly Richard Hale:Hauraki - Harataunga (Kennedy Bay)
Unidentified possibly Wharau or Heremia Houkamau(?) sends greetings on behalf of himself and Tame 
Makarati (aka Huna McClutchie) - Wharekahika (Hicks Bay)
Tame (Thomas) Karena, Ngati Kahungunu - Wairoa, Heretaunga
Kopu Heremia, Ngati Raukawa - Ohau
Lt. Sgt. Hira Parata, Ngati Toa - Porirua, Whakarongotai - Waikanae
Cpl Ripene Matoe, Ngati Ruanui
Hami (Hamuera) Ngaheke, Ngati Pikiahu-Waewae - Kakariki, Tokorangi
The current administrators of website are Damian Karena in Wellington, Shona Jones in Australia, 
Lance Karena in Hastings and Verlene Harris in Australia. Michael Hunter from Hastings is now an 
administrator and is amending Ataria Karena (Ruataniwha's daughter) line.
The Legal Trustees of Thomas Karena's Estate are Lance Karena, Damian Karena and Tony Karena.