Genealogical Continuity

Te Tikanga Nui Ō Te Mana Tuku Iho holds an unbroken IO genealogical line spanning approximately 700 generations, carried through living oral recital. This lineage flows directly:

 

From IO Wana

to IO Wa

to IO Te Rangitūātinitini

to IO Te Rangi Māruarua

to IO Retea

to IO Tete

to IO Totoro

to Te Whatu Tini Tangaroa 

to Te Whatukura a Tangaroa

to Ta‘aroa Nui Tahi Tumu

to Āio Te Korekore

to IO Matua Korekore

to IOrangi

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

to Te Whatukura a Tangaroa:

        Kupe Nuku IO-Ariki 9th

 

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 Nuku IO-Ariki - Tangaroa Ngaropo Tawio Pouroto who was initiated into Te Whatupungapunga Whare Wānanga by Pātariki Ruka.  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 they are held by memory alone, without manuscripts, without written record, and without external validation. Six hundred and fifty 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 and Tangaroa

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

This genealogy is not performed. 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 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 and Rehua. Outside usages are Uenuku, Te Whatu and Tumu. 

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.