The eponymous ancestor of Te Uri o Hau is Haumoewaarangi. From the marriage of Haumoewaarangi with Waihekeao came seven offspring; Makawe, Mauku, Whiti, Weka, Ruinga, Rongo and Hakiputatomuri. From Hakiputatomuri came many descendants known to this day as Te Uri o Hau.
Some of the important elements of Te Uri o Hau history as passed down through the generations were included in a waiata which was sung by Te Uri o Hau at the Waitangi Tribunal hearings for Kaipara Stage One in 1997 and 1998.
Haumoewaarangi te Tupuna kei runga
Nana ka puta Hakiputatomuri
Nana it tapa ana uri whakaheke
Ko nga Uri o Hau e
Ko nga Uri o Hau e
Mangawhai Taporapora Kaipara whakarere wahine
He whakatauiki o nga Tupuna
Mai i Hawaiiki nui ki te awa o Kaipara
Ko nga Uri o Hau e
Ko nga Uri o Hau e
Tena e nga Uri Hapainga ki runga
Nga whakatauki o nga Tupuna
Mai i Hawaiiki nui ki te awa o Kaipara
Ko nga Uri o Hau e
Ko nga Uri o Hau e
Aue e rere ra
Aue Aue e rere ra
E te manu ki tona tauranga e
Hi aue Hi
The oral history of Te Uri o Hau records that Ngati Whatua (of whom Te Uri o Hau is part) and the Crown had a special relationship which was recognised in two distinctive ways. First, by their entering into a separate treaty written on a sheepskin parchment which is known as ‘Kirihipi Te Tiriti o Ngati Whatua’. Secondly, in the presentation by the Crown of a bust of Queen Victoria which is sited in a place of importance at Aotearoa marae, Otamatea to this day.
Te Uri o Hau consists of 14 marae situated throughout the northern Kaipara region.
The Hapu
1. Naumai
Phone: (09) 439 2511
Email: gracelegros8@gmail.com
Contact person: Grace Ngaroimata Le Gros (secretary)
Marae Location: 4936 State Highway 12, Ruawai
2. Ngatai Whakarongorua
Phone: 021 714 252
Email: ngataiwhakarongoruamarae@gmail.com
Contact person: Tania Moriarty (secretary)
Marae Location: Chadwick Road, Tinopai
Online: https://maorimaps.com/marae/ng%C4%81-tai-whakarongorua-tinopai
3. Oruawharo
Phone: 021 773 068
Email: xxx
Contact person: Phyllis Marsh
Marae Location: cnr Oruawharo and Old School Roads, Wellsford
4. Otamatea
Phone: (09) 431 8566
Email: contactus@otamateamarae.org.nz
Contact person: : Hazel Kaio (secretary)
Marae Location: end of Tanoa Road, Whakapirau, Maungaturoto
5. Oturei
Phone: (09) 439 5929
Email: Janeen.tetuhi@wananga.ac.nz
Contact person: Janeen Te Tuhi (secretary)
Marae Location: Oturei Settlement Road, Dargaville
6. Parirau
Phone: 027 290 4255
Email: secretary.parirau.marae@gmail.com
Contact person: Colin Murphy (secretary)
Marae Location: 87 Tana Road, Matakohe
7. Rawhitiroa
Phone: xxx
Email: xxx
Contact person: Barry Walsh
Marae Location: Karakanui Road, Tinopai
8. Ripia
Phone: (09) 439 1739
Email: xxx
Contact person: : Georgina Parata
Marae Location: 1627 Pouto Road, Ripia, Koremoa
9. Te Kowhai
Phone: (021) 882 081
Email: rockwood.house@yahoo.com
Contact person: Shane Miru
Marae Location: 864 Te Kowhai Road, Matakohe
10. Te Pounga
Phone: (021) 127 5340
Email: kimwallace@xtra.co.nz
Contact person: Kim Wallace
Marae Location: 130 Nathan Road, Oneriri, Kaiwaka
11. Waihaua
Phone: 027 233 1705
Email: montel.kahil@xtra.co.nz
Contact person: Mana Apanui
Marae Location: Arapaoa Road, Matakohe
12. Waikaretu
Phone: (09) 439 4592
Email: bzl6710@gmail.com
Contact person: Fiona Richards
Marae Location: Pouto Road, Waikaretu
Online: https://maorimaps.com/marae/waik%C4%81retu-p%C5%8Duto
14. Waiotea
Phone: (021) 835 225
Email: mirumikaera@gmail.co.nz
Contact person: Mikarea Miru
Marae Location: End of Ngatoto Road and across beachfront
