Ko Ngāi Tamaoki tētahi o ngā hapū o Ngāti Awa. Ko Ngāti Awa tonu he iwi kei te rohe o Whakatāne e noho ana. Ko Pūtauaki te maunga, ko Mātaatua te waka.

I te wā a muri ake anō, ka tae mai a Pāoa, tupuna o Ngāti Paoa, ki a Hauraki. Nō reira, ka moea ngā uri o Pāoa ki ngā uri o Ngāti Tai, he nui rawa ngā herenga whakapapa i waenganui i ngā iwi e rua nei. Engari, he kōrero i tuku iho nā te Pākehā te whakaaro ""ko Ngāti Tai he hapū o Ngāti Paoa"", nā te mea, i te wā o te haerenga mai o ngā Pākehā ki Tāmaki, ko Ngāti Pāoa te iwi nui atu ki a Ngāti Tai o taua rohe. Hei tā Ngāti Tai, hei whanaunga kē rātou ki a rātou.

Atu i tēnei whakamāramatanga auau, ki ētahi atu he wāhanga noa iho a Ūropi o te paparahi o Eurāhia (koi hauāuru), o Eurawherāhia rānei. E tapaina hokia ana i ētahi wā ko te 'paparahi tawhito' (te 'ao tawhito' rānei), hei aronga kē mō te 'Ao Hou', arā, ngā Amerika.

Ko Ngāi Te Rangi (Ngāi Te Rangihouhiri) he iwi nō Tauranga-moana, Aotearoa; e 9,561 te taupori i te 2001. Ko Mauao te Maunga; ko Te Awanui te moana; ko Ngāiterangi te Iwi; ko Mātaatua te waka; ko Te Rangihouhiri te tangata.

Ko Ruahine (Murihiku) he nohanga o te takiwā o Murihiku. E ai ki Toitū Te Whenua, he nohanga (he 'locality' rānei ki te reo Pākehā) he wāhi e nohoia ana e te tangata, engari kāore anō kia tae te taupori ki te nui e taea ai te kī he tāone tonu taua wāhi rā.

Ko Michies Crossing he nohanga o te takiwā o Ōtākou. E ai ki Toitū Te Whenua, he nohanga (he 'locality' rānei ki te reo Pākehā) he wāhi e nohoia ana e te tangata, engari kāore anō kia tae te taupori ki te nui e taea ai te kī he tāone tonu taua wāhi rā.

Ko Mangapiko Valley he nohanga o te rohe whenua o Waikato. E ai ki Toitū Te Whenua, he nohanga (he 'locality' rānei ki te reo Pākehā) he wāhi nohoia e te tangata, engari kāore anō kia tae te nui o te taupori ki te nui e taea ai te kī he tāone tonu taua wāhi rā. Ko te rohe whenua o Waikato he rohe whenua nui; ko ngā takiwā o roto ko Waikato, ko Hauraki. He takiwā ēnei o Aotearoa; kei Te Ika-a-Māui aua takiwā.

Ko Thomsons Crossing he nohanga o te takiwā o Murihiku. E ai ki Toitū Te Whenua, he nohanga (he 'locality' rānei ki te reo Pākehā) he wāhi e nohoia ana e te tangata, engari kāore anō kia tae te taupori ki te nui e taea ai te kī he tāone tonu taua wāhi rā.

Ko Whenuapai he nohanga o te takiwā o Tāmaki-makau-rau, i roto anō i te rohe whenua o Ākarana-ki-te-raki (AK). E ai ki Toitū Te Whenua, he nohanga (he 'locality' rānei ki te reo Pākehā) he wāhi nohoia e te tangata, engari kāore anō kia tae te nui o te taupori ki te nui e taea ai te kī he tāone tonu tēnei. Ko Tāmaki-makau-rau tētahi o ngā takiwā o Aotearoa, kei Te Ika-a-Māui taua takiwā.

Ko Onepoto he nohanga o Te Moana-a-Toi ki te rāwhiti. E ai ki Toitū Te Whenua, he nohanga (he 'locality' rānei ki te reo Pākehā) he wāhi nohoia e te tangata, engari kāore anō kia tae te taupori ki te nui e taea ai te kī he tāone tonu taua wāhi rā. Ko Te Moana-a-Toi tētahi o ngā takiwā o Aotearoa; kei Te Ika-a-Māui taua takiwā.