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iwi Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori roughly means "people" or "nation", and is often translated as "tribe", or "a confederation of tribes". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, ...
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Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the C ...
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.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.


Map of iwi


See also

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List of Māori waka A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...
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Lists of marae in New Zealand The Māori people and Moriori people have 773 tribal ''marae'' (meeting grounds) around New Zealand. These grounds usually include a ''wharenui'' (meeting house) and are usually affiliated with ''iwi'' (tribes) and ''hapū'' (sub-tribes). In M ...
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Ngāti Rānana Ngāti Rānana is a Māori cultural group based in London, the capital of the United Kingdom. It is open to the Māori community in the city, and hosts events attended by many non-Māori. The club aims to provide "an environment to teach, learn an ...


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Iwi Hapū Names List
from the
National Library of New Zealand The National Library of New Zealand ( mi, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa) is New Zealand's legal deposit library charged with the obligation to "enrich the cultural and economic life of New Zealand and its interchanges with other nations" (''Nat ...

Te Kāhui Māngai (directory of iwi and Māori organisations)
from
Te Puni Kōkiri Te Puni Kōkiri (TPK), the Ministry of Māori Development, is the principal policy advisor of the Government of New Zealand on Māori wellbeing and development. Te Puni Kōkiri was established under the Māori Development Act 1991 with responsib ...

Statistical Standard for Iwi (2000)


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Iwi Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori roughly means "people" or "nation", and is often translated as "tribe", or "a confederation of tribes". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, ...
Iwi Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori roughly means "people" or "nation", and is often translated as "tribe", or "a confederation of tribes". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, ...