List of iwi
List of iwi
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 share common ancestors.[1][2]
Name | Regions of rohe (tribal area) | Waka (canoe) | 2001 population[3] | 2006 population[4] | 2013 population[5] | 2018 population[6] |
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Ahuriri (part of Ngāti Kahungunu) | Hawke's Bay | Tākitimu | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Heretaunga Tamatea (grouping) | Hawke's Bay | Tākitimu | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Kāti Māmoe | Canterbury, Otago, Southland, West Coast, Marlborough, Tasman | Tākitimu | 2,262 | 2,880 | 3,111 | 3,792 |
Maungaharuru Tangitū (part of Ngāti Kahungunu) | Hawke's Bay | Tākitimu | n/a | n/a | n/a | 180 |
Moriori | Chatham Islands | Unknown | 585 | 942 | 738 | 996 |
Muaūpoko | Manawatū-Whanganui, Wellington | Kurahaupō | 1,836 | 2,499 | 2,694 | 3,375 |
Ngā Pōtiki / Ngā Pōtiki ā Tamapahore | Bay of Plenty | Mātaatua, Tainui | n/a | n/a | n/a | 249 |
Ngā Rauru | Taranaki, Manawatū-Whanganui | Te Rangiuamutu, Aotea, Motumotuahi, Pangatoru, Te Kōhatuwhenua, Te Rangiuamutu / Tairea, Te Wakaringaringa | 3,090 | 4,047 | 4,179 | 5,568 |
Ngā Wairiki Ngāti Apa | Manawatū-Whanganui | Kurahaupō | 1,458 | 2,385 | 2,970 | 4,131 |
Ngāi Tahu / Kāi Tahu | Canterbury, Otago, Southland, West Coast, Marlborough, Tasman | Tākitimu, Arahura, Āraiteuru | 39,180 | 49,185 | 54,819 | 74,082 |
Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki | Auckland, Waikato | Tainui | 177 | 339 | 498 | 693 |
Ngāi Takoto | Northland | Kurahaupō | 489 | 771 | 1,113 | 1,680 |
Ngāi Tāmanuhiri | Gisborne | Takitimu, Horouta | 1,173 | 1,662 | 1,719 | 2,163 |
Ngāi Te Ohuake | Hawke's Bay, Manawatū-Whanganui | Tākitimu | n/a | n/a | n/a | 171 |
Ngāi Te Rangi | Bay of Plenty | Mātaatua | 9,561 | 12,198 | 12,924 | 17,205 |
Ngāitai | Bay of Plenty | Tainui | 2,022 | 2,313 | 2,301 | 2,805 |
Ngāpuhi / Ngāti Kahu ki Whaingaroa (part of Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Kahu) | Northland | Tinana | 1,965 | 1,746 | 2,049 | 4,740 |
Ngāpuhi | Northland | Māmari, Ngātokimatawhaorua, Māhūhū, Ruakaramea, Tainui, Matawhaorua, Mātaatua, Matahourua | 102,981 | 122,214 | 125,601 | 165,201 |
Ngāruahine | Taranaki | Aotea | 3,228 | 3,723 | 4,80 | 6,678 |
Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō | Tasman, Nelson, West Coast, Marlborough | Kurahaupō | 375 | 741 | 846 | 1,197 |
Ngāti Awa | Bay of Plenty | Mātaatua | 13,044 | 15,258 | 16,182 | 21,486 |
Ngāti Hako | Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty | Unknown | 924 | 1,377 | 1,392 | 1,929 |
Ngāti Hāua | Manawatū-Whanganui | Tainui | 618 | 819 | 867 | 1,299 |
Ngāti Hauā | Waikato | Tainui | 3,840 | 4,923 | 5,598 | 7,275 |
Ngāti Hauiti | Manawatū-Whanganui | Tākitimu | 1,002 | 1,038 | 1,029 | 1,407 |
Ngāti Hei | Waikato | Unknown | 363 | 558 | 513 | 630 |
Ngāti Hikairo (part of Waikato-Tainui) | Waikato | Tainui | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1,845 |
Ngāti Hinerangi | Waikato, Bay of Plenty | Unknown | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Ngāti Hineuru | Hawke's Bay, Waikato | Tākitimu | n/a | n/a | n/a | 390 |
Ngāti Hine (part of Ngāpuhi) / Ngati Hau | Northland | Māmari, Ngātokimatawhaorua, Māhūhū, Ruakaramea, Tainui, Matawhaorua | n/a | n/a | n/a | 9,384 |
Ngāti Kahu | Northland | Mamaru | 6,957 | 8,313 | 8,580 | 11,577 |
Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa (part of Ngāti Kahu) | Northland | Mamaru | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Ngāti Kahungunu | Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Waikato | Tākitimu | 29,244 | 40,764 | 43,515 | 62,967 |
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga (part of Ngāti Kahungunu) | Hawke's Bay, Waikato | Tākitimu | 6,912 | 9,525 | 10,902 | 21,318 |
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Tamakinui a Rua (part of Ngāti Kahungunu) | Hawke's Bay, Waikato | Tākitimu | 249 | 423 | 528 | 1,077 |
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Tamatea (part of Ngāti Kahungunu) | Hawke's Bay, Waikato | Tākitimu | 588 | 720 | 744 | 1,902 |
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Whanganui-a-Orotu (part of Ngāti Kahungunu) | Hawke's Bay, Waikato | Tākitimu | 1,704 | 1,674 | 1,905 | 2,130 |
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa (part of Ngāti Kahungunu) | Hawke's Bay, Waikato | Tākitimu | 14,661 | 20,982 | 21,060 | 25,026 |
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa (part of Ngāti Kahungunu) | Wellington | Tākitimu | 5,130 | 7,440 | 8,376 | 11,514 |
Ngāti Kauwhata | Manawatū-Whanganui | Tainui | n/a | n/a | 1,401 | 1,734 |
Ngāti Kea / Ngāti Tuarā | Waikato, Bay of Plenty | Arawa | n/a | n/a | n/a | 435 |
Ngāti Koata | Marlborough | Tainui | 765 | 1,062 | 1,341 | 1,842 |
Ngāti Korokī Kahukura | Waikato | Tainui | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1,500 |
Ngāti Kuia | Marlborough | Te Hoiere | 1,224 | 1,551 | 1,794 | 2,745 |
Ngāti Kurī | Northland | Kurahaupō | 4,647 | 5,754 | 6,492 | 8,994 |
Ngāti Mākino | Bay of Plenty | Arawa | n/a | n/a | n/a | 591 |
Ngāti Manawa | Bay of Plenty | Mātaatua | 1,542 | 1,941 | 2,253 | 2,928 |
Ngāti Maniapoto | Waikato, Manawatū-Whanganui, Taranaki | Tainui | 27,168 | 33,627 | 35,361 | 45,930 |
Ngāti Manuhiri | Auckland | Moekākara,[7] Tainui[8] | n/a | n/a | n/a | 297 |
Ngāti Maru (Hauraki) | Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty | Aotea, Tokomaru, Tainui | 2,604 | 3,372 | 3,765 | 5,331 |
Ngāti Maru (Taranaki) / Te Iwi o Maruwharanui | Taranaki, Manawatū-Whanganui | Aotea, Tokomaru, Tainui | 600 | 735 | 85 | 1,608 |
Ngāti Mutunga | Taranaki | Tokomaru | 2,019 | 3,480 | 4,155 | 6,159 |
Ngāti Mutunga (Taranaki) (part of Ngāti Mutunga) | Taranaki | Tokomaru | 1,206 | 2,091 | 2,514 | 3,486 |
Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri (part of Ngāti Mutunga) | Chatham Islands | Tokomaru | 813 | 1,389 | 1,641 | 2,271 |
Ngāti Pāhauwera | Hawke's Bay | Tākitimu | n/a | 1,761 | 2,331 | 3,030 |
Ngāti Pāoa | Auckland, Waikato | Tainui | 2,397 | 3,375 | 3,456 | 4,803 |
Ngāti Pikiao | Bay of Plenty | Arawa | 5,022 | 7,389 | 8,001 | 9,264 |
Ngāti Porou ki Hauraki / Ngati Porou ki Harataunga ki Mataora | Waikato | Horouta | 591 | 1,173 | 1,647 | 2,076 |
Ngāti Porou | Gisborne | Horouta, Nuku-tai-memeha, Nukutere | 61,701 | 71,907 | 71,049 | 92,349 |
Ngāti Pūkenga ki Waiau | Waikato | Mātaatua | 273 | 480 | 594 | 780 |
Ngāti Pūkenga | Bay of Plenty | Mātaatua | 1,137 | 1,788 | 2,175 | 2,949 |
Ngāti Rāhiri Tumutumu | Waikato | Mātaatua | 93 | 195 | 249 | 375 |
Ngāti Rākaipaaka | Hawke's Bay | Tākitimu | n/a | 1,485 | 1,317 | 1,884 |
Ngāti Rangi | Manawatū-Whanganui | Matahourua | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1,452 |
Ngāti Ranginui | Bay of Plenty | Tākitimu | 6,120 | 7,644 | 8,967 | 11,967 |
Ngāti Rangiteaorere | Bay of Plenty | Arawa | 177 | 456 | 435 | 456 |
Ngāti Rangitihi | Bay of Plenty | Arawa | 1,041 | 1,536 | 2,298 | 2,469 |
Ngāti Rangiwewehi | Bay of Plenty | Arawa | 1,551 | 2,349 | 2,835 | 3,021 |
Ngāti Rārua | West Coast, Marlborough | Tainui | 699 | 954 | 981 | 1,380 |
Ngāti Raukawa | Waikato, Manawatū-Whanganui | Tainui | 16,263 | 21,399 | 25,188 | 35,943 |
Ngāti Raukawa (Waikato) (part of Ngāti Raukawa) | Waikato | Tainui | 5,175 | 8,166 | 10,053 | 8,631 |
Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga (part of Ngāti Raukawa) | Manawatū-Whanganui | Tainui | 11,088 | 13,233 | 15,135 | 22,854 |
Ngāti Rehua (part of Ngāti Wai) | Auckland | Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi, Ruakaramea | n/a | n/a | n/a | 372 |
Ngāti Rongomai | Bay of Plenty | Arawa | n/a | n/a | n/a | 606 |
Ngāti Ruanui | Taranaki | Kurahaupō, Tākitimu, Aotea, Te Rangiuamutu, Motumotuahi, Pangatoru, Te Kōhatuwhenua, Te Rangiuamutu / Tairea, Te Wakaringaringa | 5,286 | 7,035 | 7,260 | 9,606 |
Ngāti Ruapani / Ngāti Ruapani ki Waikaremoana | Hawke's Bay | Tākitimu | n/a | n/a | n/a | 930 |
Ngāti Tahu – Ngāti Whaoa | Waikato, Bay of Plenty | Arawa | 1,209 | 1,488 | 1,638 | 2,463 |
Ngāi Tāhuhu | Auckland, Northland | Tūnui-ā-rangi | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Ngāti Tama | Manawatū-Whanganui, Taranaki, Wellington, Tasman, Nelson, Marlborough | Tokomaru | 2,040 | 1,758 | 1,932 | 3,192 |
Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu (part of Ngāti Tama) | Tasman, Nelson, Marlborough | Tokomaru | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Ngāti Tama ki Te Upoko o Te Ika (part of Ngāti Tama) | Wellington | Tokomaru | n/a | 207 | 219 | 258 |
Ngāti Tama Kopiri (part of Ngāti Tama) | Manawatū-Whanganui | Tokomaru | 870 | n/a | n/a | 249 |
Ngāti Tama ki Taranaki (part of Ngāti Tama) | Taranaki | Tokomaru | 777 | 1167 | 1,335 | 1,920 |
Ngāti Tama ki Te Waipounamu (part of Ngāti Tama) | Tasman, Nelson, Marlborough | Tokomaru | 393 | 384 | 378 | 558 |
Ngāti Tamaoho (part of Waikato-Tainui) | Auckland, Waikato | Tainui | n/a | n/a | n/a | 519 |
Ngāti Tamakōpiri | Manawatū-Whanganui, Waikato | Tākitimu | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Ngāti Tamaterā | Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty | Tainui | 1,866 | 2,457 | 2,577 | 3,189 |
Ngāti Tara Tokanui | Waikato, Bay of Plenty | Tainui | 330 | 492 | 540 | 834 |
Ngāti Tarāwhai | Bay of Plenty | Arawa | 114 | 243 | 282 | 417 |
Ngāti Te Ata | Auckland | Te Wakatūwhenua, Moekākara, Tainui, Arawa | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1,611 |
Ngāti Tiipa (part of Waikato-Tainui) | Waikato | Tainui | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1,425 |
Ngāti Toarangatira | Wellington, Tasman, Nelson, Marlborough | Tainui | 2,901 | 3,642 | 4,779 | 5,943 |
Ngāti Toarangatira ki Te Waipounamu (part of Ngāti Toarangatira) | Tasman, Nelson, Marlborough | Tainui | 138 | 183 | 321 | 909 |
Ngāti Toarangatira ki Te Whanganui-a-Tara (part of Ngāti Toarangatira) | Wellington | Tainui | 2,763 | 3,459 | 4,458 | 5,034 |
Ngāti Tukorehe | Manawatū-Whanganui | Tainui | n/a | n/a | n/a | 792 |
Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri | Tasman, Nelson, Marlborough | Kurahaupō | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Ngāti Tūrangitukua | Waikato, Bay of Plenty | Arawa | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Ngāti Tūwharetoa | Waikato, Bay of Plenty | Arawa, Te Paepae-ki-Rarotonga, Tōtara-i-kāria | 29,301 | 34,674 | 35,877 | 47,103 |
Ngāti Wai | Northland, Auckland | Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi, Ruakaramea | 3,966 | 4,866 | 5,667 | 8,394 |
Ngāti Whakahemo | Bay of Plenty | Tākitimu, Te Arawa, Mātaatua | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Ngāti Whakaue | Bay of Plenty | Arawa | 5,061 | 7,311 | 8,340 | 8,775 |
Ngāti Whanaunga | Auckland, Waikato | Tainui | 399 | 588 | 624 | 891 |
Ngāti Whare | Bay of Plenty | Arawa | 690 | 1,281 | 1,254 | 1,533 |
Ngāti Whātua | Northland, Auckland | Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi | 12,837 | 15,795 | 16,044 | 21,294 |
Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara (part of Ngāti Whātua) | Auckland | Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi | n/a | n/a | n/a | 7,326 |
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei (part of Ngāti Whātua) | Auckland | Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi | n/a | n/a | n/a | 3,573 |
Ngāti Whitikaupeka (part of Ngāti Kahungunu) | Manawatū-Whanganui, Hawke's Bay | Tākitimu | n/a | n/a | n/a | 519 |
Pakakohi | Taranaki | Kurahaupō, Tākitimu, Aotea, Te Rangiuamutu | 408 | 324 | 351 | 438 |
Rangitāne | Manawatū-Whanganui, Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Tasman | Kurahaupō | 2,775 | 3,813 | 4,920 | 7,911 |
Rangitāne o Manawatū | Manawatū-Whanganui | Kurahaupō | 822 | 1,281 | 1,488 | 2,364 |
Rangitāne o Te Matau-a-Māui | Hawke's Bay, Wellington | Kurahaupō | 1,197 | 1,566 | 2,217 | 2,238 |
Rangitāne o Wairau | Marlborough, Nelson, Tasman | Kurahaupō | 756 | 966 | 1,215 | 1,848 |
Rangitāne o Tamaki nui a Rua | Hawke's Bay | Kurahaupō | n/a | n/a | n/a | 558 |
Rereahu (traditionally part of Ngāti Maniapoto) | Waikato | Tainui | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1,206 |
Rongomaiwahine | Hawke's Bay, Gisborne | Kurahaupō, Tākitimu | 2,322 | 4,254 | 4,473 | 5,931 |
Rongowhakaata | Gisborne | Tākitimu, Horouta | 3,612 | 4,710 | 4,920 | 6,531 |
Tamahaki | Manawatū-Whanganui | Aotea | n/a | n/a | n/a | 234 |
Tamakana | Manawatū-Whanganui | Aotea | n/a | n/a | n/a | 111 |
Tangāhoe | Taranaki | Kurahaupō, Tākitimu, Aotea, Te Rangiuamutu | 261 | 228 | 243 | 306 |
Tapuika | Bay of Plenty | Arawa | 1,050 | 1,386 | 2,022 | 2,535 |
Taranaki | Taranaki | Kurahaupō | 5,940 | 5,352 | 6,087 | 8,049 |
Te Aitanga a Hauiti | Gisborne | Tereanini, Tākitimu, Horouta | n/a | n/a | n/a | 2,622 |
Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki | Gisborne | Tākitimu | 4,365 | 5,877 | 6,258 | 8,121 |
Te Ākitai Waiohua | Auckland | Te Wakatūwhenua, Moekākara | n/a | n/a | n/a | 135 |
Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi | Manawatū-Whanganui | Aotea, Tākitimu, others | 8,820 | 10,437 | 11,691 | 15,105 |
Te Atiawa | Taranaki, Wellington | Tokomaru, Aotea | 13,107 | 17,628 | 20,850 | 30,501 |
Te Atiawa ki Whakarongotai (part of Te Atiawa) | Wellington | Tokomaru, Aotea | 345 | 615 | 720 | 759 |
Te Atiawa Taranaki (part of Te Atiawa) | Taranaki | Tokomaru, Aotea | 10,152 | 12,852 | 15,273 | 20,937 |
Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui (part of Te Atiawa) | Tasman, Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast | Tokomaru, Aotea | 1,377 | 2,433 | 2,301 | 3,483 |
Te Atiawa o Te Whanganui-a-Tara (part of Te Atiawa) | Wellington | Tokomaru, Aotea | 1,233 | 1,728 | 2,556 | 3,306 |
Te Aupōuri | Northland | Māmari, Ngātokimatawhaorua | 7,848 | 9,333 | 8,697 | 11,847 |
Te Hika o Papauma (part of Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa) | Wellington | Tākitimu | n/a | n/a | n/a | 246 |
Te Hapū-oneone | Bay of Plenty | Te Rangimātoru | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Te Kawerau ā Maki | Auckland | Tainui, Aotea, Tokomaru, Kahuitara, Kurahaupō, Moekākara | 228 | 123 | 150 | 201 |
Te Korowai o Wainuiārua (grouping) | Manawatū-Whanganui | Aotea, Tākitimu, others | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Te Paatu (part of Ngāti Kahu) | Northland | Mamaru | n/a | n/a | n/a | 390 |
Te Patukirikiri | Waikato, Auckland | Ngātokimatawhaorua | 60 | 63 | 45 | 60 |
Te Rarawa | Northland | Tinana, Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi, Māmari, Ngātokimatawhaorua | 11,526 | 14,892 | 16,512 | 23,280 |
Te Roroa | Northland | Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi | 966 | 1,170 | 1,179 | 1,659 |
Te Ūpokorehe (status disputed)[9][10] | Bay of Plenty | Arautauta, Mātaatua, Nukutere | n/a | n/a | n/a | 531 |
Te Uri-o-Hau (part of Ngāti Whātua) | Northland, Auckland | Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi | 732 | 1,074 | 1,260 | 1,314 |
Te Wairoa (part of Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Rongomaiwahine) | Gisborne, Hawke's Bay | Kurahaupo, Tākitimu | n/a | n/a | 25,500[11] | n/a |
Te Whānau-ā-Apanui | Bay of Plenty | Tauira-mai-Tawhiti, Mātaatua, Arawa | 9,951 | 11,808 | 12,951 | 16,689 |
Tūhoe | Bay of Plenty, Hawke's Bay | Mātaatua, Nukutere, Te Rangimātoru | 29,259 | 32,670 | 34,887 | 46,479 |
Tūhourangi | Bay of Plenty | Arawa | 1,617 | 2,277 | 2,874 | 2,976 |
Uenuku | Manawatū-Whanganui | Aotea | n/a | n/a | n/a | 975 |
Uenuku-Kōpako | Bay of Plenty | Arawa | 174 | 429 | 477 | 522 |
Waikato | Waikato, Auckland | Tainui | 35,781 | 33,429 | 40,083 | 51,888 |
Waitaha (Bay of Plenty) | Bay of Plenty | Arawa | 477 | 732 | 975 | 1,188 |
Waitaha (Te Waipounamu/South Island) | Canterbury, Otago, Southland, West Coast, Marlborough, Tasman | Tākitimu | 645 | 972 | 1,041 | 1,704 |
Whakatōhea | Bay of Plenty | Arautauta, Mātaatua, Nukutere | 9,948 | 12,069 | 12,177 | 16,095 |
Map of iwi

See also
- List of hapū
- List of Māori waka
- Lists of marae in New Zealand
- Ngāti Rānana
References
- See 1904 paper by A. Shand on The Early History of the Morioris
- Skinner, H.D., The Morioris of the Chatham Islands, Honolulu, 1923. K. R. Howe. Ideas of Māori origins, Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 28 October 2008. Thomson, Arthur, The Story of New Zealand, Past and Present, Savage and Civilized, 2 vols, London, 1859, i, 61. Belich, James, Making Peoples: A History of the New Zealanders, from Polynesian Settlement to the End of the Nineteenth Century, University of Hawaii Press, 2002, pp.26, 65-66.
- "Iwi (Total Responses) and Sex, for the Maori Descent Census Usually Resident Population Count, 2001". stats.govt.nz. Statistics New Zealand.
- "Iwi (Total Responses) and Work and Labour Force Status by Sex, for the Maori Descent Census Usually Resident Population Count Aged 15 Years and Over, 2006". stats.govt.nz. Statistics New Zealand.
- "Iwi (total responses) and iwi groupings and languages spoken by age group, for the Maori descent census usually resident population count, 2001, 2006, and 2013 Censuses (RC, TA)". stats.govt.nz. Statistics New Zealand.
- "Iwi affiliation (estimated count), for the Maori descent usually resident population, 2018". stats.govt.nz. Statistics New Zealand.
- "First names hold history and whakapapa for Ngāti Manuhiri". Local Matters. 20 January 2020.
- "Ngati Manuhiri CIA" (PDF). aucklandcouncil.govt.nz. Auckland Council.
- "Te Ūpokorehe steamrolled by Te Whakatōhea deal". Radio Waatea. 23 December 2021.
- McCarthy, Diane (28 July 2022). "Schism in Bay of Plenty hapū amid move to extract it from Whakatōhea settlement". Stuff.co.nz.
- "Te Wairoa iwi and hapū Deed of Settlement summary". govt.nz. New Zealand Government.
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