William George Ellis Family Reunion

04/04/2025

Reunion Dates: 5-6-7 FEBRUARY 2026 at Auckland, New Zealand @ Takitumu Hall @ 9 Tanner Rd, Mangere Bridge.

22/02/2025

Kia ora, Kia orana, Ia orana, Greetings in the beautiful name of our lord and saviour Jesus Christ 🙏🏼❤️
A huge akameitakianga to all our family members that attended our meeting in Auckland NZ last night. We are on the roll family. Here’s a sneak peek of the outcome. Te ohi nei to tatou Vaka Kopu Tangata I Aotearoa nei. Our proposal to host our Family Reunion in February 2026 is going ahead and we are humbled and grateful for the blessings of our Matua papakari here in NZ. Ko te akamataanga teia. Praise the Lord🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️. Such a strong and positive spirit displayed by our attendees last night. All donations received last night was incredibly appreciated. Kia akameitakiia te Atua🙏🏼❤️

Our Ellis family NZ update. Our Family Heads remain as Papa George Thomas Ellis of Tokoroa and Papa Otikore Joseph of Auckland. These are 2 of our Elders whom have been supporting our family moves and projects pre Covid time. We also remember and reflected on our Papa Mahuta Ripata and Papa Kaina Ripata. Two of our humble matua who have always shown huge interest in our moves as Family here in Auckland. Noaatu e kua moe raua. Ka akamahara ua rai tatou ia raua e ratou Tei takake❤️❤️.

Congratulations to our Ellis Family NZ Leads (Co-Chairs) Urama Samatona Toroma and Margaret Ioane Kaitara. These two have had a good number of years of research into our family history and some awesome stories have been shared by them in many of our past meetings. Te anoano iaatu nei ta tatou support no raua i teia tuatau no teia 2025-2026. God bless you both.

Just so we are aware. Many have been approached for positions to steer our Vaka forward. However the Vaka cannot make any progress for‘declines’ and so here are our Ellis Family NZ Officers for 2025-26.
Naomi Tangi Jim and Laina-Timu Faireka (co-Sec)
Tina GR Ioane and Tangee Kokaua (Co-Treasurers).
Kia akameitakiia ia te Atua no teia au family Tei oronga mai to kotou taime no teia au tuanga korereka. God is good🙏🏼

At the moment we are seeking an interest from our kopu (lines). The Power house of our Vaka depends on our Line representatives. The voice of our family members is crucial in the process and so our Line representations is important. We are asking for 4 representatives per line. If you aren’t sure of the lines. Here they are.
(Tahiti family)
1. Joseph Ellis
2. Poe Parau Ellis
3. Pouteanuanua Ellis
4. Mary Ellis
(Manihiki family)
1. Benjamin Ellis
2. Takaia Ellis+
3. Daniel Ellis
4. Robert Pape Ellis
5. Maryanne Ellis
6. Thomas Ellis

We have descendants of 6 lines all over NZ and we are excited and happy to embrace you all. Our Vaka requires your rapa hoe in order to navigate forward. Together we can all move forward successfully. No reira Akamaroiroi mai tatou.
At the moment the following names have been put forward as preferred kopu reps.

Benjamin line
(Francis Jim, Ords Ellis Emily Herman Nahora Ioane)
Mary line
(Muriel Johnson, Imelda…)
Thomas line
(Popo Ellis, Bernadette….)
Maryanne Ellis line
(Maryanne P. Roberts, Kimi Tauira, Henry Kaina Ripata, Jacob Samson)
Daniel Ellis-
Pouteanuanua Ellis - an interesting finding to share with family.) Na lelei Wua😁. Kare i te mea ou. E Tua taito teia.

Please confirm mai. All interest are welcome. We will be finalising our kopu representatives on Sunday 9/2/2025 at 6pm.

Please private message me for the address please.

Again Akamaroiroi mai tatou. Our Vaka is on the move.

An anonymous says.
Families are like branches on a tree, we grow in different directions, yet our roots remain as one.

Ei taopenga atu with our Leads Urama Samatona Toroma and Margaret Ioane

Meitaki korereka and God bless you all Family.

From our co - chair Margaret Ioane Kaitara

17/01/2025

UPDATE:
Kia Orana Family! The next Reunion is confirmed for Auckland, New Zealand; 5-6-7 February 2025. Please keep an eye out for updates from our NZ Organising Committee: fees; account details for fees payment; accommodation options; final venue; programme; and more.

Kia Orana Family! Happy New Year to you all! We (Papa George F Ellis & Papa Temu Okotai & Rohan Ellis) have held our first meeting to discuss our next Ellis Reunion. We would like to give you options below and we ask you all to choose your preferred options by commenting. We will run with the majority selections to ensure we have an inclusive fantastic Ellis Reunion.

1. Preferred Year: Feb 2026 or Feb 2027 or Feb 2028
2. Preferred Venue: Tahiti or Rarotonga or Auckland
3. Preferred # of Days: 1 Day or 2 Days or 3 Days

When you comment: YEAR / VENUE / # OF DAYS

**Feb is chosen since it is low season, airfares are discounted, hotels are discounted, etc**

The preferred venue will require a Working Committee to organise, run around, setup, contract, and get things done for the Reunion. The Rarotonga committee is already setup and ready to roll if Rarotonga is chosen. However, we open the preferred venue up to you all, BUT understand that a strong Working Committee will be required if you all choose Tahiti or Auckland.

Thank you, Rohan Ellis - Secretary of the Cook Islands (Rarotonga) Reunion Committee.

**Please share this information to our family members around you**

12/04/2022

Kia Orana Family, we have lost a family icon, Mama Miera Trego-Tapaitau has passed away. Her immediate family are finalising arrangements for her funeral. Many family members have asked us to set aside a time for a private family service at her residence in Matavera. Are you all keen on this? or would you prefer to visit her in your own time? Please advise so we can work out arrangements. Thank you.

17/03/2022

Join us at the Islander Hotel to celebrate Mama Teretia Ellis' Woman of the Month Celebration tonight (Thursday) at the Islander Hotel. Book your table on 21003. $25pp for your main meal (steak, fish or chicken) and dessert; with lots of dancing & singing to celebrate our Matriarch of the Ellis Family.

18/03/2021

Kia Orana Families, we hope you are all well, safe, and happy during these COVID times. We should all expect to be vaccinated this year. Travel should start to return to normal from early 2022.

We have agreed to hold our 2nd Ellis Reunion on Rarotonga in November 2022. We hope to welcome all our Ellis family members from Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia, USA and the world to Rarotonga.

Keep in touch and please continue to share your family stories on this family reunion page.

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Kia Orana! We know things are a bit different in the world right now. When the time is right, we look forward to welcoming you to our little South Pacific paradise.

07/01/2021

Family Service: Kia Orana Family, we will have an Ellis Family Service for our recently passed beautiful daughter, niece, cousin, aunty and friend - Ms Helen John at 3.30pm on Friday 8th January 2021 at the Family Residence at Arai Te Tonga, Ooa, Tupapa. Please bring a plate and envelope to assist with funeral costs. See you all tomorrow. Please share this notice to our Ellis family members. Meitaki Rahi.

14/12/2020

Kia Orana Family, we would like to ask all the Ellis Family Members to gather at Father Freddy's residence behind St Mary's Catholic Church at Betela, Arorangi at 7pm on Thursday for a Prayer Service for the late Papa Kaina Ripata. Please bring a plate. Please share this message to our Ellis family to all attend. We were so fortunate to have Papa Kaina at our recent Family Reunion. God bless Papa Kaina's family during this time of sorrow and grief. Meitaki Rahi, Rohan Ellis - Reunion Coordinator.

02/12/2020

PLEDGE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Meitaki Rahi to Hina and Tahiri Ripata and Family on the Gold Coast, Australia for their kind donation of NZD200 towards the William George Ellis Family Reunion. Thank you for your kindness and support. We look forward to meeting you all at our next Reunion scheduled for November 2022.

30/11/2020

DAY 3 at the Ellis family reunion

29/11/2020

Day 2 on the beach

29/11/2020

Familles Kia Orana, nous avons conclu notre réunion de récapitulation de la réunion de famille William George Ellis et sommes convenus des résultats suivants: 1. La réunion inaugurale a été un succès avec 300 membres de la famille présents. 2. Félicitations à tous les membres de la famille qui sont venus célébrer notre Réunion, merci à toutes les familles d'outre-mer qui ont promis des dons en espèces, merci à toutes les familles qui ont donné de la nourriture et plus encore. 3. Des copies électroniques de la généalogie seront mises à la disposition de tous les membres afin qu'ils puissent les imprimer et les utiliser comme guide de ressources pour leurs propres familles. 4. Nous mettrons de côté des fonds pour réparer les tombes de William George Ellis, Tupou Faingaitu-Ellis, Pou ote Anuanua Ellis qui sont enterrés à Tukao - Manihiki; nous installerons également des pierres tombales pour ces trois tombes. 5. Chaque kopu commencera à collecter des fonds à partir de ce moment pour s'assurer que les familles disposent de fonds suffisants pour contribuer aux futures opérations de regroupement. 6. Nous planifierons notre prochaine réunion pour 2022 à Rarotonga, sous réserve de la réouverture des frontières fermées par COVID19, et demanderons à tous les Ellis vivant à Tahiti Nui, en Nouvelle-Zélande, en Australie et dans le monde d'y assister - nous nous attendons à y assister. nombre de plus de 1000 membres de la famille. PREND FIN.