Ngāti Mutunga is a Māori iwi of New Zealand. Their original tribal lands (rohe) were in north Taranaki,but they were invaded by Waikato tribes during the musket wars after a series of longstanding inter tribal wars stretching back to at least 1807. They in turn joined with Ngati Toa and the smaller Ngati Tama tribe to invade the Wellington region. Here they fought with and defeated the Ngati Ira iwi ,took over their land and extinguished their independent existence. The principal marae being at Urenui, and the Chatham Islands. This northern Taranaki land was under the mana of the Great Waikato chief Te Whero Whero until sold to the government.
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