Tūhoe
Biography
Tūhoe descend from the tipuna Tūhoe or Pōtiki who, in turn, descended from both Toroa, the principal chief of the Mātaatua waka and from the ancient peoples of Te Urewera , Te Tini ō Toi and Ngā Pōtiki.
Pōtiki the founding ancestor of Ngā Pōtiki was the result of a union between Hinepūkohurangi, the mist woman, and Te Maunga, the mountain man, giving rise to the description of Tūhoe as ngā tamariki o te kohu (children of the mist).
(accessed 14/11/2018 from: http://www.ngaituhoe.iwi.nz/being-tuhoe)
Pōtiki the founding ancestor of Ngā Pōtiki was the result of a union between Hinepūkohurangi, the mist woman, and Te Maunga, the mountain man, giving rise to the description of Tūhoe as ngā tamariki o te kohu (children of the mist).
(accessed 14/11/2018 from: http://www.ngaituhoe.iwi.nz/being-tuhoe)
