Te Aupōuri are one of the five iwi of Muriwhenua, also known as Te Hiku o te Ika a Māui, the Far North of Aotearoa.
The people of Te Aupōuri share a number of well known ancestors with wider Muriwhenua including:
Kupe of the Mata-whao-rua canoe and Te Ngaki of the Tāwhiri-rangi canoe;
Nukutawhiti of the Ngā-toki-mata-whao-rua canoe;
Ruanui-a-Tāne of the Māmari canoe and his wife Manawa-a-rangi;
Whakatau of the Mahuhu-ki-te-rangi canoe;
Pō-hurihanga of the Kurahaupō canoe and his wife Maieke;
Tū-moana of the Tinana canoe and his wives Pare-waha-ariki and Kahukura-ariki;
Te Parata of the Māmaru canoe and his wife Kahu-tia-nui;
Tōhē and Te Kura-a-rangi;
Tū-mata-hina and Tangi-rere;
Rāhiri, Āhua-iti and Whakaruru;
Ue-oneone and Rei-tū;
Kai-rewa and Wai-miri-rangi;
Toa-kai, Tū-kotia and Tara-whati;
Hāiti-tai-marangai and Puna;
Tū-whakatere , Tū-te-rangi-a-tohia and Tū-poia; and
Moko-hōrea and Uru-te-kawa.