Ngati Mahanga claim descent from Puhaanga, the first Tainui child to be born in the new land, Aotearoa. Some scholars have called him the ancestor of the Raglan branch of the Tainui Family. His mother, Hineraku was confined with Puhaanga both prior and during the migration to Aotearoa, from Rangiatea (an island in the Leeward Group of French Polynesia) and two specific accounts support this tradition.
Rore Erueti (30.12.48) gave an account as follows :
"Putetere was named after the swelling of his grandmother, pregnant with Puhaanga, he married his cousin, Hinetemoa, daughter of Hotuawhio. Uetihi, Uenoko, Ueraki and Uetapu all had "Ue" as part of their names in memory of the act of their ancestress, Hineraku having lowered the dignity of her elder sister while pregnant with Puhaanga" (Pahira's manuscript)
Tita Wetere adds to this korero also :
"She [Hinerakau] was pregnant during the voyage, and laboured at Kawhia, Puhaanga refers to the Mouth to Mouth that was given to her by the Tohunga"
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