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Te Arawa is a confederation of Māori iwi and hapū (tribes and sub-tribes) of New Zealand who trace their ancestry to the Arawa migration canoe (waka). [1] The tribes are based in the Rotorua and Bay of Plenty areas and have a population of around 60,117 according to the 2018 census, making the confederation the sixth biggest iwi in New ...
This list includes groups recognised as iwi (tribes) in certain contexts. Many are also hapū (sub-tribes) of larger iwi.. Moriori are included on this list. Although they are distinct from the Māori people, they have common ancestry with them.
Ngāti Tamaihutoroa was a Māori iwi (tribe) of the Te Arawa confederation in the Rotorua region, established by the brothers Purahokura, Reretoi, Rongo Haua, Rongo Hape, and Pitaka, who were sons of Tamaihutoroa, the son of Īhenga.
Each iwi contains a number of hapū; among the hapū of the Ngāti Whātua iwi, for example, are Te Uri-o-Hau, Te Roroa, Te Taoū, and Ngāti Whātua-o-Ōrākei. Māori use the word rohe for the territory or boundaries of iwi. [6] In modern-day New Zealand, iwi can exercise significant political power in the
The Ngāti Hauā Iwi Trust board established their rohe as the central Waikato region with the approximate boundaries running from Mount Te Aroha in the northeast down to Mount Maungatautari in the southeast, along a line south of Cambridge to about 8 km west of the Waikato River, then along a line parallel to, but west of, the Waikato river to the south edge of the Taupiri Gorge.
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The name Rotorua comes from the Māori language, where the full name for the city and lake is Te Rotorua-nui-a-Kahumatamomoe. [7] Roto means 'lake' and rua means 'two' or in this case, 'second' – Rotorua thus meaning 'Second lake'. Kahumatamomoe was the uncle of the Māori chief Ihenga, the ancestral explorer of the Te Arawa. [8]
This category is for articles on the iwi (tribes) and hapū (subtribes) of the Māori peoples of New Zealand Subcategories This category has the following 133 subcategories, out of 133 total.