List of iwi

This is a list of iwi (New Zealand Māori tribes).

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]

NameRegions of rohe (tribal area)Waka (canoe)2001 population[3]2006 population[4]2013 population[5]2018 population[6]
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 4777329751,188
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
The location of Iwi in New Zealand.

See also

References
  1. See 1904 paper by A. Shand on The Early History of the Morioris
  2. 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.
  3. "Iwi (Total Responses) and Sex, for the Maori Descent Census Usually Resident Population Count, 2001". stats.govt.nz. Statistics New Zealand.
  4. "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.
  5. "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.
  6. "Iwi affiliation (estimated count), for the Maori descent usually resident population, 2018". stats.govt.nz. Statistics New Zealand.
  7. "First names hold history and whakapapa for Ngāti Manuhiri". Local Matters. 20 January 2020.
  8. "Ngati Manuhiri CIA" (PDF). aucklandcouncil.govt.nz. Auckland Council.
  9. "Te Ūpokorehe steamrolled by Te Whakatōhea deal". Radio Waatea. 23 December 2021.
  10. McCarthy, Diane (28 July 2022). "Schism in Bay of Plenty hapū amid move to extract it from Whakatōhea settlement". Stuff.co.nz.
  11. "Te Wairoa iwi and hapū Deed of Settlement summary". govt.nz. New Zealand Government.
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