List of Māori iwi
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The following is a list of the Maori 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:
Te iwi
| Name ("United Tribes" number) | Rohe (Location) | Waka (canoe) | People (2001) | ||
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| Ati Awa (19) - or Te Ati Awa | Taranaki | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Nga Ruahine (21) | Taranaki | 3,228 | |||
| Nga Ruanui | Taranaki | ||||
| Nga Tai (53) - or Ngāi Tai or Ngāti Tai | Opotiki | ||||
| Ngāi Tahu (also Ngai Tahu, Kāi Tahu) | South Island | Tākitimu | 39,180 | ||
| Ngai Tai - or Nga Tai or Ngāti Tai | 2,022 | ||||
| Ngai Takoto | Northland | 489 | |||
| Ngai Tamanuhiri - or Ngāti Tamanuhiri | Gisborne | 1,173 | |||
| Ngai te Rangi | Matakana Island | 9,561 | |||
| 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 | 1,224 | |||
| Ngāti Kuri | 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 | 1,137 | ||||
| Ngāti Pukenga ki Waiau | Hauraki Gulf | 273 | |||
| Ngāti Rahiri Tumutumu | Hauraki Gulf | 93 | |||
| 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-Taihape | ? 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 | 1,764 | |||
| Ngāti Tamanuhiri (38) - or Ngai Tamanuhiri | Gisborne | ||||
| Ngāti Tamatera (13) | Coromandel Peninsula | 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 | |||
| 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 Atiawa (33) | Taranaki-South Island | 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 | ||||
| Tuhoe (51) | Te Urewera | 29,259 | |||
| Tuhourangi (Te Arawa) | 1,617 | ||||
| Uenuku-Kopako (Te Arawa) | 174 | ||||
| Waikato | Waikato | 35,781 | |||
| Waitaha (Te Arawa) | ? 1,800 | ||||
| Whakatohea (52) | Opotiki | 9,948 | |||
| Whānau-a-Apanui (54) | East Cape | 9,951 |
† The Moriori are usually considered a distinct people from the Maori.
Location map
To the right is a map showing the location of the iwi rohe.
External links
Individual iwi websites
- [Ngāti Toa]
- [Muaupoko]
- [Ngai Tahu]
- [Ngai Tamanuhiri]
- [Ngapuhi]
- [Ngāti Awa]
- [Ngāti Kahu]
- [Ngāti Kahugunu]
- [Ngāti Maniapoto]
- [Ngāti Porou]
- [Rongowhakaata]
- [Te Arawa]
- [Te Aupouri]
- [Te Rarawa]
Other links
- [Confederation of Chiefs of the United Tribes of Aotearoa - Tribal areas (North Island)]
- [2001 Census Iwi reference report]
- [Statistical Standard for Iwi (2000)]
- [Profiled websites]
- [Databook map reproduced from one that Prof W Winiata produced in 1987]
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