Ruānui-o-Tāne, Captain of the Māmari Waka

Nukutāwhiti and Ruānui Kupe’s discovery and manawhenua in the Te Rarawa rohe was consolidated by the arrival of two waka following his directions to return to Hokianga. One of the waka was Kupe’s Matahourua re-adzed, renamed Ngātokimatawhaorua and captained by his grandson Nukutawhiti and the other, Māmari was purpose built by Nukutawhiti’s brother-in-law Ruānui-o-Tāne. Aboard these waka were people whose names have been remembered in our genealogy as the whānau of Kupe returning to the place he had prepared. These were the next wave of Te Rarawa forebears.

Ruanui-a-Tāne was the captain of The Mamari Canoe