Whanau

In this section, whanau photos and text will explain the multiple whanau within our wider whanau.

A page is dedicated to each of the twelve siblings.

Whanau members are encouraged to submit content and to correct and information that might be inaccurate. The best attempt has been made to caption the photographs, with the date location and occasion, as per this image:

Te Whare Taonga o Waikato - WaikatoMuseum, 3 January 2000.

On this occasion, mum officially gifted kakahu to 11 of her 12 children which also marked a new millennium. Having spent more than 20 years completing this mammoth task, she addressed her children present and said “these are as much for my mokopuna, as they are for you”

Back row standing (L-R) Danny, Mahina, Sonny (kahukura made by Nanna Rangimarie Hetet), Tana Snr, Digger, Tana Bell (representing his granduncle Tana) Te Kohika (representing his father Kohi) Graem (representing his father Tiwi) Aroha. Kneeling and seated: Kahutoi, Ata, Ria, Muri and Rangi