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This list includes groups recognised as iwi (tribes) in certain contexts. Many are also hapū (sub-tribes) of larger iwi. Moriori are included on this list. Although they are distinct from the Māori people, they share common ancestors. [1] [2]
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This is a list of marae (Māori meeting grounds) in the West Coast, New Zealand. [1] [2] In October 2020, the Government committed $248,376 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade two marae in the region, with the intention of creating 20 jobs. [3]
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.
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Tauranga Moana are a grouping of Māori iwi (tribe) based in and around the Tauranga Harbour and Bay of Plenty. The grouping consists of Waitaha-a-Hei, [1] Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Pūkenga, Ngāi Te Rangi and its hapū Ngā Pōtiki a Tamapahore. [2] [3] They trace their origins back to the Mataatua waka.
Muaūpoko are descended from the ancestor Tara, whose name has been given to many New Zealand landmarks, [1] most notably Te Whanganui-a-Tara . His people were known as Ngāi Tara, [ 2 ] although more recently they took the name Muaūpoko, meaning the people living at the head ( ūpoko ) of the fish of Māui (that is, the southernmost end of ...