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Missionaries such as Henry Williams noted that even in times of war against another iwi, hapū usually operated independently. [citation needed] In the period of the Musket Wars (1807–1842) many of the battles involved fighting between competing hapū rather than different iwi. It was not uncommon for two hapū from the same iwi to clash.
Related but less important factors, are that a hapu may belong to more than one iwi, a particular hapu may have belonged to different iwi at different times, the tension caused by the social and economic power moving from the iwi down rather than from the hapu up, and the fact that many iwi do not recognise spouses and adoptees who do not have ...
This category is for articles on the iwi (tribes) and hapū (subtribes) of the Māori peoples of New Zealand Subcategories This category has the following 133 subcategories, out of 133 total.
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.
Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara (also known as Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara ki te Tonga) [2] is a Māori iwi (tribe) and hapū (sub-tribe) of New Zealand, which is part of the larger Ngāti Whātua iwi. The iwi's rohe is focused around the southern Kaipara Harbour in the Auckland Region of New Zealand.
Whanganui Māori are the Māori iwi (tribes) and hapū (sub-tribes) of the Whanganui River area of New Zealand.They are also known as Ngāti Hau.. One group of Whanganui Māori, Whanganui Iwi, includes Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi and other hapū who signed the Ruruku Whakatupua Treaty of Waitangi settlement in 2015.
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
The name refers to the ancestor Huakaiwaka, who in the 1600s joined Ngā Oho, Ngā Riki and Ngā Iwi to form a confederation that spanned the region for three generations, until the mid-1700s. [1] Members of this rōpū include Te Ākitai Waiohua , Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki , Te Kawerau ā Maki , Ngāti Tamaoho and Ngāti Te Ata .