List of iwi
This is a list of the Māori iwi of New Zealand. The Māori word "iwi" means tribe, "a set of people bound together by descent from a common ancestor or ancestors"; literally, "bone".[1]
Iwi
| Name | Population[2] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2006 | 2013 | |
| Te Aupōuri | 7,848 | 9,333 | 8,697 |
| Ngāti Kahu | 6,957 | 8,313 | 8,580 |
| Ngāti Kurī | 4,647 | 5,754 | 6,492 |
| Ngāpuhi | 102,981 | 122,214 | 125,601 |
| Ngāpuhi / Ngāti Kahu ki Whaingaroa | 1,965 | 1,746 | 2,049 |
| Te Rarawa | 11,526 | 14,892 | 16,512 |
| Ngāi Takoto | 489 | 771 | 1,113 |
| Ngāti Wai | 3,966 | 4,866 | 5,667 |
| Ngāti Whātua | 12,105 | 14,721 | 14,784 |
| Te Kawerau ā Maki | 228 | 123 | 150 |
| Te Uri-o-Hau | 732 | 1,074 | 1,260 |
| Te Roroa | 966 | 1,170 | 1,179 |
| Ngāti Hako | 924 | 1,377 | 1,392 |
| Ngāti Hei | 363 | 558 | 513 |
| Ngāti Maru (Hauraki) | 2,604 | 3,372 | 3,765 |
| Ngāti Pāoa | 2,397 | 3,375 | 3,456 |
| Te Patukirikiri | 60 | 63 | 45 |
| Ngāti Porou ki Hauraki | 591 | 1,173 | 1,647 |
| Ngāti Pūkenga ki Waiau | 273 | 480 | 594 |
| Ngāti Rāhiri Tumutumu | 93 | 195 | 249 |
| Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki | 177 | 339 | 498 |
| Ngāti Tamaterā | 1,866 | 2,457 | 2,577 |
| Ngāti Tara Tokanui | 330 | 492 | 540 |
| Ngāti Whanaunga | 399 | 588 | 624 |
| Ngāti Hauā (Waikato) | 3,840 | 4,923 | 5,598 |
| Ngāti Maniapoto | 27,168 | 33,627 | 35,361 |
| Ngāti Raukawa (Waikato) | 5,175 | 8,166 | 10,053 |
| Waikato | 35,781 | 33,429 | 40,083 |
| Ngāti Pikiao (Te Arawa) | 5,022 | 7,389 | 8,001 |
| Ngāti Rangiteaorere (Te Arawa) | 177 | 456 | 435 |
| Ngāti Rangitihi (Te Arawa) | 1,041 | 1,536 | 2,298 |
| Ngāti Rangiwewehi (Te Arawa) | 1,551 | 2,349 | 2,835 |
| Tapuika (Te Arawa) | 1,050 | 1,386 | 2,022 |
| Tarāwhai (Te Arawa) | 114 | 243 | 282 |
| Tūhourangi (Te Arawa) | 1,617 | 2,277 | 2,874 |
| Uenuku-Kōpako (Te Arawa) | 174 | 429 | 477 |
| Waitaha (Te Arawa) | 477 | 732 | 975 |
| Ngāti Whakaue (Te Arawa) | 5,061 | 7,311 | 8,340 |
| Ngāti Hinerangi | |||
| Ngāti Tūwharetoa | 29,301 | 34,674 | 35,877 |
| Ngāti Tahu – Ngāti Whaoa (Te Arawa) | 1,209 | 1,488 | 1,638 |
| Ngāti Pūkenga | 1,137 | 1,788 | 2,175 |
| Ngāi Te Rangi | 9,561 | 12,198 | 12,924 |
| Ngāti Ranginui | 6,120 | 7,644 | 8,967 |
| Ngāti Awa | 13,044 | 15,258 | 16,182 |
| Ngāti Manawa | 1,542 | 1,941 | 2,253 |
| Ngāi Tai (Tauranga Moana/Mātaatua) | 2,022 | 2,313 | 2,301 |
| Tūhoe | 29,259 | 32,670 | 34,887 |
| Whakatōhea | 9,948 | 12,069 | 12,177 |
| Te Whānau-a-Apanui | 9,951 | 11,808 | 12,951 |
| Ngāti Whare | 690 | 1,281 | 1,254 |
| Ngāti Porou | 61,701 | 71,907 | 71,049 |
| Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki | 4,365 | 5,877 | 6,258 |
| Rongowhakaata | 3,612 | 4,710 | 4,920 |
| Ngāi Tāmanuhiri | 1,173 | 1,662 | 1,719 |
| Rongomaiwahine | 2,322 | 4,254 | 4,473 |
| Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa | 14,661 | 20,982 | 21,060 |
| Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga | 6,912 | 9,525 | 10,902 |
| Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa | 5,130 | 7,440 | 8,376 |
| Rangitāne (Te Matau-a-Māui/Hawke's Bay/Wairarapa) | 1,197 | 1,566 | 2,217 |
| Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Whanganui-a-Orotu | 1,704 | 1,674 | 1,905 |
| Ngāti Kahungunu ki Tamatea | 588 | 720 | 744 |
| Ngāti Kahungunu ki Tamakinui a Rua | 249 | 423 | 528 |
| Ngāti Pāhauwera | ... | 1,761 | 2,331 |
| Ngāti Rākaipaaka | ... | 1,485 | 1,317 |
| Te Atiawa (Taranaki) | 10,152 | 12,852 | 15,273 |
| Ngāti Maru (Taranaki) | 600 | 735 | 852 |
| Ngāti Mutunga (Taranaki) | 1,206 | 2,091 | 2,514 |
| Ngā Rauru | 3,090 | 4,047 | 4,179 |
| Ngāruahine | 3,228 | 3,723 | 4,803 |
| Ngāti Ruanui | 5,286 | 7,035 | 7,260 |
| Ngāti Tama (Taranaki) | 777 | 1167 | 1,335 |
| Taranaki | 5,940 | 5,352 | 6,087 |
| Tangāhoe | 261 | 228 | 243 |
| Pakakohi | 408 | 324 | 351 |
| Ngāti Apa (Rangitīkei) | 1,458 | 2,385 | 2,970 |
| Ngāti Rangi | |||
| Te Ati Haunui-a-Pāpārangi | 8,820 | 10,437 | 11,691 |
| Ngāti Hāua (Taumarunui) | 618 | 819 | 867 |
| Ngāti Hauiti | 1,002 | 1,038 | 1,029 |
| Ngāti Tama Kopiri (Taihape) | 870 | ... | ... |
| Te Atiawa (Te Whanganui-a-Tara/Wellington) | 1,233 | 1,728 | 2,556 |
| Muaūpoko | 1,836 | 2,499 | 2,694 |
| Rangitāne (Manawatū) | 822 | 1,281 | 1,488 |
| Ngāti Raukawa (Horowhenua/Manawatū) | 11,088 | 13,233 | 15,135 |
| Ngāti Toarangatira (Te Whanganui-a-Tara/Wellington) | 2,763 | 3,459 | 4,458 |
| Te Atiawa ki Whakarongotai | 345 | 615 | 720 |
| Ngāti Tama ki Te Upoko o Te Ika | ... | 207 | 219 |
| Ngāti Kauwhata | ... | ... | 1,401 |
| Te Atiawa (Te Waipounamu/South Island) | 1,377 | 2,433 | 2,301 |
| Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō | 375 | 741 | 846 |
| Ngāti Koata | 765 | 1,062 | 1,341 |
| Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri | |||
| Ngāti Kuia | 1,224 | 1,551 | 1,794 |
| Kāti Māmoe | 2,262 | 2,880 | 3,111 |
| Moriori† | 585 | 942 | 738 |
| Ngāti Mutunga (Wharekauri/Chatham Islands) | 813 | 1,389 | 1,641 |
| Rangitāne (Te Waipounamu/South Island) | 756 | 966 | 1,215 |
| Ngāti Rārua | 699 | 954 | 981 |
| Ngāi Tahu / Kāi Tahu | 39,180 | 49,185 | 54,819 |
| Ngāti Tama (Te Waipounamu/South Island) | 393 | 384 | 378 |
| Ngāti Toarangatira (Te Waipounamu/South Island) | 138 | 183 | 321 |
| Waitaha (Te Waipounamu/South Island) | 645 | 972 | 1,041 |
† The Moriori people are often distinguished from the Māori people, but share common ancestors.[3][4]
See also
References
- ^ "Iwi: glossary definition". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
- ^ "2013 Census QuickStats about Māori – tables". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 13 July 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ 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.