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Māori Iwi of Aotearoa - New Zealand

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Māori Iwi of Aotearoa - New Zealand

Te Kāhui Māngai (Directory of Iwi and Māori Organisations)

Wikipedia List of iwi

Wikipedia Hapu

This sub project is dedicated to the Māori iwi of Aotearoa - New Zealand. " According to the glossary definition of the National Library of New Zealand, "iwi" is a "Māori word for a set of people bound together by descent from a common ancestor or ancestors. Literally: bone. Modern meaning: tribe."

History of Iwi

Wikipedia Iwi

Ngāti Māhanga tribe

Largest iwi by population

Ngāpuhi – 125,601 (in 2013) – based in the Northland Region
Ngāti Porou – 71,049 (in 2013) – based in Gisborne and East Cape
Ngāi Tahu – 54,819 (in 2013) – based in the South Island
Waikato Tainui – 40,083 (in 2013) – based in the Waikato Region
Ngāti Tūwharetoa – 35,874 (in 2013) – based in the central North Island
Ngāti Maniapoto – 35,358 (in 2013) – based in Waikato and Waitomo
Tūhoe – 34,890 (in 2013) – based in Urewera and Whakatane
Ngāti Kahungunu ki te Wairoa – 21,060 (in 2013) – based south of Poverty Bay
Te Arawa – 19,719 (in 2013) – based in Bay of Plenty [1]

Largest iwi groupings by population

No affiliation – 110,928 (in 2013) – includes New Zealand based Māori with no iwi affiliation
Ngāti Kahungunu – 61,626 (in 2013) – based on the east coast of the North Island
Waikato Tainui – 55,995 (in 2013) – based in the Waikato Region
Ngāi Tahu Whanui – 55,986 (in 2013) – based in the South Island
Te Arawa – 43,374 (in 2013) – confederation of iwi and hapū based in Rotorua and Bay of Plenty
Te Hiku – 33,711 (in 2013) – group of iwi and hapū in the Northland region
Ngāti Raukawa – 29,442 (in 2013) – group of iwi and hapū in the Waikato Region, Taupo and Manawatū
Te Atiawa – 23,094 (in 2013) – group of iwi and hapū in Taranaki and Wellington
Hauraki Māori – 14,313 (in 2013) – group of iwi and hapū at or around the Hauraki Gulf [2]

List of Iwi Web Sites

Waikato-Tainui - Waikato Tainui web site
Taranaki Rohe (8)
Ngati Tama - Ngati Tama web site
Ngati Mutunga - Ngati Mutunga web site
Te Ati Awa - Te Ati Awa web site
Ngati Maru (Taranaki) - Ngati Maru web site
Taranaki Iwi (Tuturu) - Taranaki Iwi web site
Ngaruahine Iwi - Ngaruahine web site
Ngati Ruanui - Ngati Ruanui web site
Nga Rauru - Te Kaahui o Rauru web site


Sources

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

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I haven't been able to find a Kai (Ngai) Tahu or sub category Kati Mamoe. Could you create one please?
posted by Kylie Fowler
Hi Kylie, Can you ask one of the NZ project coordinators to do this as I am no longer a Leader or involved with this Project. Perhaps they could take over this page - please.

Many thanks, Maria

posted by Maria Maxwell