Ko te rohe o Heretaunga te kāinga tuatahi o Rangitāne. Nāwai ā, ka heke whakatetonga ia ki ngā takiwā o Tāmaki-nui-a-Rua, o Te Wairarapa, tae rawa atu ki Te Wairau i Te Wai-pounamu. Ko Manawatū, ko Horowhenua, ko Te Whanganui-a-Tara ētahi atu rohe kua nōhia e Rangitāne.