In 1995, Dennis Patuwairua provided a list of 12 Hapu of Ngati Maru to Aroha Waetford, a researcher for the Waitangi Tribunal. Waetford outlined in her report that the list had been compiled by Pono Whakaruru and Dennis Patuwairua with the use of papers belonging to Pono's Father, Makimi Whakaruru. That list is below.
In the last 3 years, during the course of my involvement in the negotiations of Ngati Maru's Treaty Settlement, research was conducted in an attempt to collect as much information as possible about all or any of the hapu on this list.
From time to time, I plan to add info on the hapu in these blogs; and may refer to hapu from this list as being from Matua Pono's list, especially because a few other hapu names were located during the research process.
