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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]
Map of rohe. Areas shown are indicative only, and some rohe may overlap. The Māori people of New Zealand use the word rohe to describe the territory or boundaries of tribes (iwi), although some divide their rohe into several takiwā. Background In 1793, chief Tuki Te Terenui Whare Pirau who had been brought to Norfolk Island drew the first map of the islands of New Zealand at the request of ...
Each iwi contains a number of hapū; among the hapū of the Ngāti Whātua iwi, for example, are Te Uri-o-Hau, Te Roroa, Te Taoū, and Ngāti Whātua-o-Ōrākei. Māori use the word rohe to describe the territory or boundaries of iwi. [6] In modern-day New Zealand, iwi can exercise significant political power in
Iwi and hapū Location Aotearoa Marae: Ngākaunui: Ngāruahine (Ōkahu-Inuāwai) Matapu: Ararātā: No wharenui: Ngāti Ruanui (Ngāti Hawe) Rawhitiroa: Te Aroha o Tītokowaru: Te Aroha: Ngāruahine (Ngāti Manuhiakai) Matapu: Te Ihupuku / Parehungahunga: Te Kawerau: Ngā Rauru Kītahi (Ngāti Hinewaiata) Waitōtara: Kaipō / Wharetapapa ...
Ngāti Ranginui Iwi Society Inc is the Tūhono organisation of Ngāti Ranginui. It is an incorporated society, governed by one representative from each of ten marae. [1] As of 2016, the chairperson Tawharangi Nuku, the chief executive is Stephanie O'Sullivan and the trust is based in Tauranga.
Te Arawa is a confederation of Māori iwi and hapū (tribes and sub-tribes) of New Zealand who trace their ancestry to the Arawa migration canoe (waka). [1] The tribes are based in the Rotorua and Bay of Plenty areas and have a population of around 60,117 according to the 2018 census, making the confederation the sixth biggest iwi in New ...
The King Country (Māori: Te Rohe Pōtae or Rohe Pōtae o Maniapoto) is a region of the western North Island of New Zealand.It extends approximately from Kawhia Harbour and the town of Ōtorohanga in the north to the upper reaches of the Whanganui River in the south, and from the Hauhungaroa and Rangitoto Ranges in the east to near the Tasman Sea in the west.
Ngāi Tahu, or Kāi Tahu, is the principal Māori iwi (tribe) of the South Island.Its takiwā (tribal area) is the largest in New Zealand, and extends from the White Bluffs / Te Parinui o Whiti (southeast of Blenheim), Mount Mahanga and Kahurangi Point in the north to Stewart Island / Rakiura in the south.