Tēnei te mihi nui ki a koutou, ngā whakaironga kanohi ora o Tōhē, o Tūmatahina, o Waimirirangi, ngā uri whakaheke o Mōre Te Korohunga rāua ko Te Awa, o Te Ihupango rāua ko Te Amongaariki. I heke iho tēnei iwi o tātou i ngā waka o Kurahaupō, o Māmari, me ērā atu o ngā waka tupuna o Te Tai Tokerau. Ka tatū iho ki te tokorima a Mōre Te Korohunga rāua ko Te Awa i mātāpuna mai ai te ingoa o 'Te Aupōuri', ki a Kupe, Whērū, Te Ikanui, Te Kakati me Te Uruhāpainga.
Ka moe a Te Ikanui i a Tihe rāua ko Kohine, ngā tamāhine a Te Amongariki, ariki tapairu o Pārengarenga moana, Pārengarenga whenua, Pārengarenga tangata, "he rahi e, he rahi e!" Ka puta te iwi o Te Aupōuri ki Te Kao, te kāinga e aroha nuitia nei, i pepehatia rā e ngā tūpuna, "Kāhore he papa whenua o te ao nui i rite ki tēnei tōna makoha mai ki ahau."
The people of Te Aupōuri and the rest of Muriwhenua share a number of well known ancestors like Tōhē, Tūmatahina, and Waimirirangi. The whakapapa that defines Te Aupōuri as an independent iwi focusses on two important unions: firstly that of Mōre Te Korohunga and Te Awa, and secondly the union of Te Ihupango and Te Amongaariki. Te Aupōuri descend from the crews of the Kurahaupō and Māmari canoes, and also from the rest of the great canoes that landed in Te Tai Tokerau. Mōre Te Korohunga and Te Awa were both descendants of these waka. The name 'Te Aupōuri' came about in the time of their children - Kupe, Whērū, Te Ikanui, Te Kakati and Te Uruhāpainga.
Te Ikanui married Tihe and Kohine, the daughters of Te Amongariki II, and important ancestress of the bountiful Pārengarenga. These are the ancestors of the Aupōuri people of Te Kao.
