Te Wai-o-Hua Tangata Whenua o Manukau
Te Wai-o-Hua, was the first tribe to live in the Auckland Isthmus (Taamaki) and around the Manukau Harbour. Sub-tribes who descended from this tribe settled around the shores of the Manukau Harbour (and Manukau City). These descendents are:
- Wai-o-Hua Te Ahiwaru
- Wai-o-Hua Te Akitai
- Ngaati Te Ata
- Ngaati Tamoho
Those who settled on the Eastern shores of Manukau City are:
- Ngai Tai ki Umupuia
- Ngai Tai ki Taamaki
- Ngaati Tai
- Ngaati Paoa
- Ngati Whatua (originally from Kaipara)