List of Māori iwi
The following is a list of the Māori iwi of New Zealand.
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 |
|
|
|
|
| "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) |
Hauraki |
|
|
? 4,700 |
|
| Ngāti Maru (12, 24) |
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 |
Horouta |
|
61,701 |
|
| Ngāti Pukenga |
Tauranga |
|
|
1,137 |
|
| Ngāti Pukenga ki Waiau |
Hauraki Gulf |
|
|
273 |
|
| Ngāti Rahiri Tumutumu |
Te Aroha |
|
|
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 |
Tainui |
|
? 24,000 |
|
| Ngāti Rauru - or Nga Rauru |
Taranaki |
|
|
|
|
| Ngāti Rongomaiwahine |
Mahia Peninsula |
|
|
4,254 |
|
| 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 Tāmanuhiri (38) - or Ngāi Tāmanuhiri |
Gisborne |
|
|
|
|
| Ngāti Tamatera (13) |
Coromandel Peninsula |
Tainui |
|
1,866 |
|
| Ngāti Tara Tokanui |
Hauraki Gulf |
|
|
330 |
|
| Ngāti Te Ata |
Manukau Harbour |
|
|
|
Ngati Te Wehi Aotea 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 Āti Haunui-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 |
|
| Total Iwi Population |
|
|
|
~616,746 |
|
† The Moriori are usually considered a distinct people from the Māori.
See also
External links
Iwi websites
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