In Ngāti Awa traditions, Rongo is a son of Tāne and father of the kūmara, but a man named Rongo-māui travels to the star Whānui, obtains the kūmara and returns to Earth with it.
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Ngāti Awa originally occupied the area, but were evicted and replaced by Ngāti Whātua around 1640 CE.