Ngāti Kere

Ko  tētahi o ngā hapū o Rangitāne me Ngāti Kahungunu. Whakapapa ai te iwi o Rangitāne i a Whātonga, te kaihautū o te waka a Kurahaupō. I pae te waka ki Te Māhia, kei te tai rāwhiti o Te Ika-a-Māui. I takea mai te ingoa o te iwi i te mokopuna a Whātonga, a Rangitāne. Ko tētahi o ōna ingoa ko Tāne-nui-a-rangi.

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.

Whakapapa ai te Iwiw o Ngāti Kahungunu i a Tamatea-Arikinui, te kaihautū o te waka, o Takitimu. Ko ngā tipuna Rākaihikuroa, tōna tama Tāraia me Te Aomatarahi i haere whakararo i te Māhia ki Heretaunga, ki Te Waiararapa. 

Ka whawhai ngā whawhai ka hono hoki ki ngā Iwi mā ngā tatau paunamu. Mai i taua wā, ko ngā uri o aua rohe ka whakapapa ki ngā Iwi e rua. 

Hoto ki waho
 Te Runanga a Rangitāne
 Rangitāne o Tāmaki-nui-a-Rua

Category:Rangitāne