 Toi (Toi-kai-rākau; Toi-the-wood-eater) is the traditional origin ancestor of the tribes of the east coast of the North Island.Their traditions make no mention of his coming to New Zealand, and the inference is that he was born there.The Ngāi Tūhoe of the inland Bay of Plenty, say that Toi's 'ancestor' Tīwakawaka was the first to settle the country aboard , "but only his name is remembered".