Hotunui is a descendant of Hoturoa of the Tainui waka and husband to Mihirawhiti (or Murirawhiti) who both had a son, Marutuahu. Marutuahu became the prominent ancestor of Ngāti Maru. Marutuahu married two sisters and from one of the unions came a son, Whanaunga, the prominent ancestor of Ngāti Whanaunga.
Hotunui, active 1470?
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McEwen, Jock, 1915-2010 :[Sketches of Maori carved figure shapes. 1940-1990].
Date: 1940 - 1990
From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection
Reference: A-342-172/187
Description: Design drawings showing and human and spirit forms. Titles noted on some sheets include: Wood carving from Opotiki, Matatua, Maihi, Paepae, Base of amo, Hotunui. A-342-187 shows design of horned fish-tailed figure. Two postcards are included, showing photos of Maori eel-god, and a carving from Kaitaia now in Auckland Museum, showing similarities to carvings in Borneo. A-342-187 has dates of ca 1875, 1900, 1906. Quantity: 16 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketches on sheets, sizes varying up to about 350 mm.
Other
Nahe, Hone, 1833/1834-1894 : Hotunui / translated by George Graham
Date: [ca 1883-1926]
By: Nahe, Hoani, 1833?-1894
Reference: MSX-4057
Description: History of the ancestor Hotunui of the tribe Marutuahi of Hauraki; whakapapa of his descendants Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (58 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Purchased by Mr Royal at Bethunes' auction in 1989
Manuscript
Articles and papers on iwi and waka
Date: [1880-1983]
From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-6717-124
Description: Translation of extract from the history of the migration of Tainui by Hoani Nahe (AJHR, 1880, v2, G-L); copy, Whenuakura (1882); Nga Korero mo nga waka mo Horouta, Takitimu me te Ikaroa a Rauru (1930); Tuwharetoa Trust Board proposed education grant; piece on Bellingshausen from Glyn Barrett; `The Tangi and the tangihanga' by Ralph Love (1983); `Maori memories; Rau Pararaha' by J H Stevens; discussion on Maori tribes A comprehensive collection of pakiwaitara, whakapapa on iwi and waka in New Zealand Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript Holograph