List of iwi

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

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]

More information Name, Regions of rohe (tribal area) ...

Name	Regions 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	Arawa	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

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[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.

[1] [1]
See 1904 paper by A. Shand on The Early History of the Morioris

[2] [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.

[2001iwi-3] [3]
"Iwi (Total Responses) and Sex, for the Maori Descent Census Usually Resident Population Count, 2001". stats.govt.nz. Statistics New Zealand.

[2006iwi-4] [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.

[2013iwi-5] [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.

[2018census-6] [6]
"Iwi affiliation (estimated count), for the Maori descent usually resident population, 2018". stats.govt.nz. Statistics New Zealand.

[manuhiri-moekakara-7] [7]
"First names hold history and whakapapa for Ngāti Manuhiri". Local Matters. 20 January 2020.

[manuhiri-tainui-8] [8]
"Ngati Manuhiri CIA" (PDF). aucklandcouncil.govt.nz. Auckland Council.

[steamrolled-9] [9]
"Te Ūpokorehe steamrolled by Te Whakatōhea deal". Radio Waatea. 23 December 2021.

[dmccarthy-10] [10]
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-11] [11]
"Te Wairoa iwi and hapū Deed of Settlement summary". govt.nz. New Zealand Government.

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