Well-known Iwi Groups
Prominent iwi include:
- Ngāi Tahu or "Kāi Tahu" (based in the south of New Zealand - most of the South Island.)
- Ngā Puhi (the largest iwi, with over 100,000 people stating their affiliation to it in the 2001 census; based in Northland)
- Ngāti Kahungunu - Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa
- Ngāti Maniapoto (based in the Waikato–Waitomo region)
- Ngāti Porou - Gisborne–East Cape
- Ngāti Tama (based in Taranaki and Wellington)
- Ngāti Toa (based in Porirua, having migrated from Kawhia in the 1820s under the leadership of Te Rauparaha)
- Ngāti Ruanui (based in the Taranaki region)
- Ngāti Whātua (based in and north of Auckland - notably Bastion Point in Orakei)
- Tainui (based in the Waikato region)
- Te Arawa (Bay of Plenty) - with several subtribes
- Te Ātiawa - Taranaki and Lower Hutt
- Tūhoe (Urewera/Whakatane)
- Ngāti Tūwharetoa (based in the central North Island)
- Whakatohea (based in the Opotiki district)
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