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This is a list of iwi (New Zealand Māori tribes). List of iwi. This list includes groups recognised as iwi (tribes) in certain contexts. Many are also hapū (sub ...
Iwi (Māori pronunciation:) are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori, iwi roughly means ' people ' or ' nation ', [1] [2] and is often translated as "tribe", [3] or "a confederation of tribes". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, and is typically pluralised as such in English.
Ngāti Awa is a Māori iwi (tribe) centred in the eastern Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand. It is made of 22 hapū (subtribes), with 15,258 people claiming affiliation to the iwi in 2006. [1] The Ngāti Awa people are primarily located in towns on the Rangitaiki Plain, including Whakatāne, Kawerau, Edgecumbe, Te Teko and Matatā. [2]
Ngāti Kahungunu is a Māori iwi located along the eastern coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The iwi is traditionally centred in the Hawke's Bay and Wairārapa regions. . The Kahungunu iwi also comprises 86 hapū (sub-tribes) and 90 marae (meeting ground
Ngāti Maru or Te Iwi o Maruwharanui is a Māori iwi of inland Taranaki in New Zealand. They are descended from Maruwharanui , the eldest son of Pito Haranui and his wife Manauea. Pito Haranui belonged to an ancient Taranaki people known as the Kāhui-Maru, whose genealogy predates the arrival of Toi .
The iwi describes the name Rongowhataata in the book that accompanies their Iwi-in-Residence exhibition at New Zealand's national museum Te Papa Tongarewa (2017-2020). "It combines 'rongo', to open the senses, with 'whakaata' to show or reflect - describing the transition of thought to form: the elements of creation."
Ngāti Porou is a Māori iwi traditionally located in the East Cape and Gisborne regions of the North Island of New Zealand. Ngāti Porou is affiliated with the 28th Maori Battalion, it also has the second-largest affiliation of any iwi, behind Ngāpuhi with an estimated 92,349 people according to the 2018 census. [1]
Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Toarangatira or Ngāti Toa Rangatira, is a Māori iwi (tribe) based in the southern North Island and in the northern South Island of New Zealand. [1] Its rohe (tribal area) extends from Whanganui in the north to Palmerston North in the east. [2] Ngāti Toa remains a small iwi with a population of only about 9,000.