Mana Pasifika Maori are a pacific people descended from the people who originally populated the Pacific Islands.
Traditions speak of a number of waka which journeyed back and forth quite regularly .
As the islands became overburdened with people migrations set out along the instructions left by Kupe. Upon directions left by Kupe generations earlier Toi's first contact with land was around Whangaroa harbour where he stayed with the local Tangata Whenua before moving to Whakatane. Shortly after arriving in Whakatane the supplies on the Aratauwhaiti ran out and Toi and his crew were forced to change their diet to that of vegetarians. Hence the name change to Toi-Kairakau. Whatonga meanwhile had safely returned to Tahiti and upon hearing of his grandfathers expedition, prepared provisions on the Kurahaupo and sailed to the Cook Islands then on to Aotearoa.