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Maori Iwi (tribe) and Hapu (sub-tribe) in New Zealand

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• Hauraki

  http://www.hauraki.iwi.nz/
  Has about 20 marae scattered across the region with numerous hapu groups and an increasing number of Te Kohanga Reo (language nests for our mokopuna) and Kura Kaupapa Maori (schools totally immersed in Te Reo).

• Ngai Tahu

  http://www.ngaitahu.iwi.nz/
  South Island Maori tribal home page, features culture, legends, business activities, editorials and Crown Settlement Offer updates.

• Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated

  http://www.kahungunu.iwi.nz/
  A mandated iwi organisation with the authority to represent the people of Ngāti Kahungunu. The third largest Iwi population and situated in the Hawkes Bay, Wairarapa area.

• Ngāti Rārua Ᾱtiawa Iwi Trust

  http://www.nrait.co.nz/
  Represents a unique group of descendants from two iwi. They whakapapa back to one or more of 94 Ngāti Rārua tupuna and 15 Te Ātiawa tupuna.

• Ngāti Whātua o Orakei

  http://www.ngatiwhatuaorakei.com/
  A hapu (sub-tribe), of the Ngati Whatua iwi (tribe) based in New Zealand’s largest city, Tamaki Makaurau, commonly known as Auckland. Site features information on Treaty Claims, business and member services.

• Raukawa Trust Board

  http://www.raukawa.org.nz/
  Dealing with issues for the Ngāti Raukawa, Waikato area.

• Tanenuiarangi Manawatu Incorporated

  http://www.rangitaane.iwi.nz/
  The mandated iwi authority for Rangitaane O Manawatu. TMI services are mainly provided through its subsidiaries Best Care (Whakapai Hauora) Charitable Trust, Kia Ora FM 89.8 and Te Hotu Manawa O Rangitaane O Manawatu Marae Charitable Trust.

• Te Aitanga a Māhaki

  http://www.mahaki.com/
  The Iwi of the Gisborne area.

• Te Arawa Māori Trust Board

  http://www.tearawa.iwi.nz/
  The iwi for the Rotorua area. Te Arawa is one of seven Maori Tribes of New Zealand. The area traditionally covered reaches from a small village named Maketu on the eastern seaboard to Tongariro mountain in the central North Island.

• Te Reo Irirangi o Te Upoko o Te IKa

  http://teupoko.co.nz/
  Nau mai haere mai Ko te reo te poutaawhaa i whakairia e ngaa tiipuna a raatau taonga katoa- (Wharehuia Milroy, Ngai Tuuhoe)

• Te Rūnanga A Iwi O Ngāpuhi

  http://www.ngapuhi.iwi.nz/
  New Zealand's largest iwi, the house of Ngāpuhi stretches from Tāmaki Makaurau in the south to Cape Reinga in the north.

• Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa

  http://www.ngatiawa.iwi.nz/
  Mataatua people of the Bay of Plenty. The two urban based hapu are; Ngāti Awa ki Tamaki at Auckland and Ngāti Awa ki Poneke at Wellington. These various hapū affiliate to nineteen marae located in Whakatāne, Te Teko, Matatā, Auckland and Mōtītī Island.

• Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Ruanui

  http://www.ruanui.co.nz/
  Ngāti Ruanui are now represented by Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Ruanui, recognised by government as the representative body of Ngāti Ruanui, with responsibility for managing the tribe's assets for the benefit of its members. Site has comprehensive information on their cultural, social, political and economic base .

• Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whare

  http://ngatiwhare.iwi.nz/
  An iwi (tribe) of the central North Island, whose customary rohe (territory) runs through the south-west Urewera and parts of the Kaingaroa region, including the area known as Te Whaiti-nui-a-Toi.

• Te Rūnanga-a-Iwi o Ngāti Kahu

  http://www.ngatikahu.iwi.nz/
  Official web site of Te Rūnanga-a-Iwi o Ngāti Kahu.

• Tuwharetoa

  http://www.tuwharetoa.iwi.nz/
  Ko Tongariro te maunga, ko Taupo te moana, ko Tuwharetoa te iwi, ko Te Heuheu te tangata.

• Waikato Tainui

  http://www.waikatotainui.com/
  Iwi is made up of 64,500 members affiliating to 68 marae from 33 hapuu. Information about the tribe, opportunities, news, events and tribal register.

 

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