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List of Māori iwi
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The following is a list of the Māori iwi of New Zealand .
This list has been adapted from the list on the Māori Wikipedia. Many of the iwi names are frequently spelt with macrons over some letters - they have been omitted here to make it easier to link to articles - please check with the list from Māori Wikipedia for macron usage. Alternative names for some iwi are given in brackets.
A more authoritative source is the list in the book: Iwi: The dynamics of Māori tribal organisation from c1769 to c1945 by Angela Ballara (1998, Victoria University Press, Wellington) ISBN 0864733283 .
Iwi
Name ("United Tribes " number)
Rohe (Location)
Waka (canoe)
People (2001)
Āti Awa (19) - see Te Āti Awa
Taranaki
Aotea
Kāi Tahu - (see Ngāi Tahu below)
Kāti Mamoe - or "Ngāti Mamoe "
South Island
Moriori † (21)
Chatham Islands
585
Muaupoko (31)
Kapiti Coast
1,836
Nga Rauru (23) - or Ngāti Rauru
Taranaki
3,090
Ngāriki Kaiputahi (44) - or Ngā Ariki
Gisborne
Te Ikanui-a-Rauru
2,083
Nga Ruahine (21)
Taranaki
3,228
Nga Ruanui
Taranaki
Ngāi Tai (53) - or Ngāti Tai
Opotiki
Tainui
Ngāi Tahu (also Ngai Tahu, Kāi Tahu)
South Island
Tākitimu
39,180
Ngai Tai - or Ngāti Tai
2,022
Ngai Takoto
Northland
489
Ngai Tamanuhiri - or Ngāti Tamanuhiri
Gisborne
1,173
Ngaiterangi
Matakana Island
9,561
Ngai Tuhoe (51)
Te Urewera
Mataatua
29,259
Ngapuhi (4)
Hokianga -Whangarei
102,981
Ngapuhi ki Whaingaroa-Ngāti Kahu ki Whaingaroa
Northland
1,965
Ngarauru
Manawatu
Ngaruanui (22)
Taranaki
Ngaterangi (49)
Tauranga
"Ngāti Ākarana "
Auckland
5,892
Ngāti Apa (29)
Manawatu -South Island
3,021
Ngāti Awa (50)
Kawerau -Bay of Plenty
13,044
Ngāti Hako
Hauraki Gulf
924
Ngāti Hau
Manawatu
Ngāti Haua (26)
Waikato
? 6,400
Ngāti Hauiti
Wanganui
1,002
Ngāti Hei
Hauraki Gulf
363
Ngāti Huia (15)
Waikato
Ngāti Kahu (2)
Northland
6,957
Ngāti Kahungunu (34, 36, 37)
Hawke's Bay -Wairarapa
Tākitimu
51,552
Ngāti Koata
South Island
765
Ngāti Kuia
South Island
Te Hoiere
1,224
Ngāti Kurī
Northland
4,647
Ngāti Mahuta (7, 14)
Great Barrier Island
Ngāti Mamoe
South Island
2,262
Ngāti Manawa
1,542
Ngāti Maniapoto (17)
King Country Waikato
Tainui
27,168
Ngāti Maru (12, 24)
Te Aroha -Taranaki
? 4,700
Ngāti Mutunga (18)
Taranaki -Chatham Islands
2,652
Ngāti Paoa (10)
Hauraki Gulf
2,397
Ngāti Pikiao (Te Arawa)
Rotorua
5,022
"Ngāti Poneke "
Wellington
Ngāti Porou (39)
East Cape
61,701
Ngāti Pukenga
Tauranga
1,137
Ngāti Pukenga ki Waiau
Hauraki Gulf
273
Ngāti Rahiri Tumutumu
Hauraki Gulf
93
"Ngāti Ranana "
London
Ngāti Ranginui (48)
Tauranga
6,120
Ngāti Rangiteaorere (Te Arawa)
177
Ngāti Rangitihi (Te Arawa)
1,041
Ngāti Rangiwewehi (Te Arawa)
1,551
Ngāti Rarua
South Island
699
Ngāti Raukawa (16, 28)
Waikato -Manawatu -Kapiti
? 24,000
Ngāti Rauru - or Nga Rauru
Taranaki
Ngāti Ruanui
Wanganui
5,286
Ngāti Ruapani (42, 45)
East Cape
Ngāti Tahu (Te Arawa)
1,209
Ngāti Tai (9) - or Nga Tai or Ngai Tai
Hauraki Gulf
177
Ngāti Tama (25)
King Country -Wellington -South Island -Chatham Islands
1,764
Ngāti Tamanuhiri (38) - or Ngai Tamanuhiri
Gisborne
Ngāti Tamatera (13)
Coromandel Peninsula
Tainui
1,866
Ngāti Tara Tokanui
Hauraki Gulf
330
Ngāti Te Ata
Manukau Harbour
Ngāti Toa /Ngāti Toarangatira (32)
Porirua
Tainui
4,491
Ngāti Tutekohe (41)
East Cape
Ngāti Tuwharetoa (46)
Taupo
29,301
Ngāti Wai
Northland
3,966
Ngāti Whakaue
5,061
Ngāti Whānaunga (11)
Waihi
399
Ngāti Whare
690
Ngāti Whātua (5, 6)
Kaipara Harbour
12,105
Pakakohi
Taranaki
408
Patukirikiri
Hauraki Gulf
60
Poutini
West Coast
Rangitane (30, 35)
Northern South Island
4,401
Rongowhakaata (44)
Gisborne
3,612
Rongomaiwahine
Mahia
2,322
Tainui
Waikato
35,781
Tangahoe
Taranaki
261
Tapuika (Te Arawa)
1,050
Taranaki (20)
Taranaki
5,940
Tarawhai (Te Arawa )
114
Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti (40)
East Cape
Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki (43)
Wairoa
4,365
Te Arawa (47)
Rotorua
Te Ati Hau Nui-A-Paparangi (27)
8,820
Te Āti Awa (33)
Taranaki -South Island Aotea
17,445
Te Aupouri (1)
7,848
Te Kawerau
Northland
228
Te Rarawa (3)
Hokianga
11,526
Te Roroa
Northland
966
Te Uri-o Hau
732
Te Whakatohea (52)
Opotiki
9,948
Te Whanau-a-Apanui (54)
East Cape
9,951
Tuhourangi (Te Arawa)
1,617
Uenuku-Kopako (Te Arawa)
174
Waikato-Tainui see Tainui
Waitaha (Te Arawa)
? 1,800
† The Moriori are usually considered a distinct people from the Māori.
This map shows the location of the Iwi in New Zealand
See also
External links
Individual iwi websites
Other links
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