Whāita was a Māori rangatira of the Ngāti Raukawa iwi in the Tainui tribal confederation based at Wharepuhanga near Rangitoto in the Waikato region, New Zealand and is the ancestor of the Ngāti Whāita

Waiarohi was a Māori leader from the Ngāti Rangitihi iwi of the Te Arawa confederation of tribes, who lived in the Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand, around the mid-seventeenth century. She married