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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.
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 ...
Te Whānau-ā-Apanui is a Māori iwi located in the eastern Bay of Plenty and East Coast regions of New Zealand's North Island. [2] In 2006, the iwi registered 11,808 members, representing 13 hapū. [1] [3]
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 ...
Te Rarawa is a Māori iwi of Northland, New Zealand. The iwi is one of six Muriwhenua iwi of the far north of the North Island. Rūnanga and marae
Ngāti Hauā is a Māori iwi of the eastern Waikato of New Zealand. It is part of the Tainui confederation. Its traditional area includes Matamata, Cambridge, Maungakawa, the Horotiu district along the Waikato River and the Maungatautari district, and its eastern boundary is the Kaimai Range.
As named [5] divisions of iwi (tribes), [6] hapū membership is determined by genealogical descent; a hapū consists of a number of whānau (extended family) groups. The Māori scholar Hirini Moko Mead states the double meanings of the word hapū emphasise the importance of being born into a hapū group.
The iwi is named for the ancestor Māhaki, who was a direct descendant of Toroa, captain of the Mātaatua canoe, [5] of Tamatea Arikinui, captain of the Tākitimu, and Paikea. [6] He probably lived in the late fifteenth century. Māhaki had his pā at Pāwerawera at Waikohu (north of modern Gisborne).