Te Tūahu Ō Kupe-Ariki 

Te Wānanga Ō Taitokerau 

 

 Genealogical Continuity

Te Tikanga Nui Ō Te Mana Tuku Iho holds an unbroken IO genealogical line spanning approximately 700 generations recorded in the Kāmira and Te Marehau Manuscripts of Hokianga and Ra‘iātea, carried through living oral recital. This lineage flows directly:

From IO Tahi (Ngāpuhi)

to IOrangi (Taitokerau)

to IO Wana (Pacific Ocean)

to IO Wa (Americas)

to IOlani (Hawaii)

to IO Te Rangitūātinitini (Tahiti)

to IO Te Rangi Māruarua (Tahiti)

to IO Retea (Ra'iatea)

to IO Tete (Marquesas)

to IO Totoro (Rarotonga)

to Te Whatu Tini Tangaroa (Rotuma)

to Te Whatukura a Tangaroa (Aotearoa)

to Ta‘aroa Nui Tahi Tumu (Tahiti)

to Āio Te Korekore (Hokianga)

to IO Matua Kore (Kahingunu)

to Ruahatu Tupua

to Tinirau Ariki

to Tamatoa Ariki Te Ra‘ituatinitini

to Ātoroiraʻi 1

to Whitirangimamao

to Kupe Nuku IO-Ariki

to Nukutāwhiti 

to Puhimoanaariki 

to Rāhiri I Te Rangi

to Waimirirangi 

to Te Reinga 

to Te Ngaropo Tawio Pouroto graduate of Te Wānanga Ō Taitokerau, Hokianga 1900 - 1959

to Te Whatukura a Tangaroa:

        Kupe Nuku IO-Ariki 9th

This is an unbroken line of 700 generations of Tino IO-Arikitanga and IO Tohungatanga. This is not a reconstructed genealogy. This genealogy is carried and handed down from IO to Kupe, to Nukutawhiti to Te Wānanga Ō Taitokerau to Te Whatukura a Tangaroa, Kupe-Ariki who was initiated into Te Whatupungapunga Whare Wānanga by Pātariki Ruka at Hokianga.  It is a recited continuity, transmitted through Te Whare IO, Sacred Primordial Whare Of IO, and IO Tohunga, IO Priesthood, which at one time it was only ever written down, now we hold these tātai by memory alone, without manuscripts, without written record, and without external validation. 700 generations — carried through human memory, breath, and responsibility — is not symbolism. It is evidence of the endurance of survival from within the IO tradition itself. 

This genealogy has been fully recited by memory on six tapu occasions in the last two years, from 12am  to sunrise:

1. Mokonuiārangi Marae, Utakura, Hokianga — February 2024 by Tūmoana

2. Waiwhatawhata Marae, Hokianga — December 2024 by Tūmoana

3. Hikurangi Mountain, East Coast, Ruatoria — January 2025 by Tūmoana

4. Te Kōhanga Ō Ngā Kāhui Ariki, Kuramarotini, Ōtautahi — February 2025 by Tangaroa

5. Tau Rangatira, Waitangi, Ngā Pou Whakairo, Te Pē Ō Whairangi — February 2025 by Tūmoana, Tui Tāputu and Tangaroa

6. Marae Vaeāra‘i, Tomokanga ki Ngā Rangitūhaha, Ōpoa, Ra‘iātea — 13 – 18 July 2025 by Tangaroa

This genealogy is not merely a performance. It is not taught. It is not circulated. It is spoken only when required, where permitted, and to those who are present to carry the weight of it. This is Te Kanohi Ora, Te Mataora, Te Mauri Ora -  living state of being — held in place by Te Tikanga Nui Ō Te Mana Tuku IO, The Supreme Order Of IO Inherent Authority, and the Whare IO, IO Priesthood within its living infrastructure forever. 

Only the initiated may speak the sacred name of IO. Only the initiated may recite IO karakia. All outside of IO Authority or religion may not recite the sacred name of IO and are to be corrected immediately. The public names of IO should be adopted by the uninitiated. The public names of IO from Te Whatupungapunga Whare Wānanga Ō Nukutāwhiti are: Tangaroa, Uenuku, Te Tumu, Te Whatu and Rehua. IO stands in all time. The Rangitūhaha is open. The Primordial Whare Of IO is open. The IO Priesthood is gathered, and ready. No response is required. No validation is required.