Ngāti Kurī is a

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 Co ...

iwi Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori, roughly means or , and is often translated as "tribe". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, and is typically pluralised as such in English. ...

from Northland,

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. The iwi is one of the five

Muriwhenua Muriwhenua are a group of northern Māori people, Māori iwi, based in Te Hiku o te Ika, the northernmost part of New Zealand's North Island. It consists of six iwi, Ngāti Kurī, Ngāi Takoto, Te Pātū, Ngāti Kahu, Te Aupōuri and Te Rarawa, w ...

iwi of the far north of the

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. Ngāti Kurī trace their

whakapapa Genealogy is a fundamental principle in Māori culture, termed specifically in this context as ''whakapapa'' (, , lit. 'layering'). Reciting one's '' whakapapa'' proclaims one's identity among the Māori, places oneself in a wider context, and ...

(ancestry) back to Pōhurihanga, the captain of the waka (canoe)

Kurahaupō ''Kurahaupō'' was one of the great ocean-going, voyaging canoes that was used in the migrations that settled New Zealand in Māori tradition. In Taranaki tribal tradition, ''Kurahaupō'' is known as ''Te Waka Pakaru ki te moana'' or 'The Cano ...

. ''Kurī'', in Māori, means "dog". The

rohe The Māori people of New Zealand use the word ' to describe the territory or boundaries of tribes (, although some divide their into several . Background In 1793, chief Tuki Te Terenui Whare Pirau who had been brought to Norfolk Island drew ...

(tribal area) of the iwi is focused on the most northern tip of the North Island and includes the

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Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands The Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands (Manawatāwhi is also the Māori language, Māori name for the largest island) are a group of 13 uninhabited islands about northwest of Cape Reinga / Te Rerenga Wairua, New Zealand, where the Pacific Oce ...

Cape Reinga / Te Rerenga Wairua Cape Reinga / Te Rerenga Wairua (; sometimes spelled Rēinga, ) is the northwestern most tip of the Aupōuri Peninsula, at the northern end of the North Island of New Zealand. Cape Reinga is more than 100 km north of the nearest small town ...

, Ninety Mile Beach, Parengarenga Harbour, Te Kao and

Houhora Houhora is a locality and harbour on the east side of the Aupouri Peninsula of Northland, New Zealand. It is north of Kaitaia. Waihopo, Te Raupo, Pukenui, Raio and Houhora Heads are associated localities on the southern shores of the harbour ...

. As of 2013, 6,492 people are affiliated with the iwi, less than 1% of the Māori population. The iwi is 46.9% male and 53.1% female, and the median age is 24.1 years. Of the total iwi population, 25.6% do not identify with any other iwi, and 28.5% can hold a conversation in the

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. Of the total population 15 years and over, 43.3% have never been a regular smoker, and 67.3% hold a formal qualification. The median income is $22,200 and 67.0% living in cities are employed. Ngāti Kuri signed a

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, under the

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resettlement process, on 7 February 2014 at Waiora Marae in Ngataki. The iwi signed four Deeds to Amend later that year. The 25 year settlement process began in 1987, under the leadership of

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, and iwi members had mixed feelings about the settlement. Ngāti Kuri members from Te Hāpua held a protest at the signing to express their opposition to the agreement. The settlement included $21 million in financial and commercial redress, and cultural redress providing recognition of the traditional, historical, cultural and spiritual associations of Ngāti Kuri with several key sites. The iwi also received a cultural and history endowment fund of $2.23 million.

Hapū and marae

There are ''

hapū In Māori language, Māori and New Zealand English, a ' ("subtribe", or "clan") functions as "the basic political unit within Māori society". A Māori person can belong to or have links to many hapū. Historically, each hapū had its own chief ...

'' (sub-tribes) associated with the ''

'' (tribe). The following ''

marae A ' (in Māori language, New Zealand Māori, Cook Islands Māori, Tahitian language, Tahitian), ' (in Tongan language, Tongan), ' (in Marquesan language, Marquesan) or ' (in Samoan language, Samoan) is a communal or sacred place that serves reli ...

'' (meeting places) and ''

wharenui A wharenui (; literally "large house") is a communal house of the Māori people of New Zealand, generally situated as the focal point of a ''marae''. Wharenui are usually called meeting houses in New Zealand English, or simply called ''wikt:wh ...

'' (meeting houses) are affiliated with the iwi as a whole: * Te Reo Mihi, Te Hāpua * Waiora, Ngataki

Organisations

*The Ngāti Kurī Trust Board is the post-

settlement iwi affiliated with the iwi through Ngāi Kurí Claims Settlement Act 2015. It is a mandated iwi organisation under the Māori Fisheries Act 2004, and an Iwi Aquaculture Organisation under the Māori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act 2004. The trust represents Ngāti Kurī as an "iwi authority" for resource consent applications under the

Resource Management Act 1991 The Resource Management Act (RMA) passed in 1991 in New Zealand is a significant, and at times, controversial Act of Parliament. The RMA promotes the sustainable management of natural and physical resources such as land, air and water. New Zea ...

and is a

Tūhono Tūhono is an advocacy network for Māori groups and individuals within New Zealand. As well as forming a network linking different iwi and hapū, Tūhono aims to promote cultural and spiritual wellbeing and benefit to the Māori community and ...

organisation and

incorporated society In New Zealand, an incorporated society is a group of at least 15 people who have applied for registration under the ''Incorporated Societies Act 1908''. Once registered the Society constitutes a distinct legal entity In law, a legal person ...

. The trust is made up of three people from the iwi, three people from the Muriwhenua iwi group, and five iwi members who live outside the iwi area. As of 2015, the trust was based in Ngataki and chaired by Harry Burkhardt. * Te Reo Irirangi o Te Hiku o Te Ika, an iwi radio station, serves Ngāti Kurī and other Muriwhenua tribes of the Far North. It broadcasts a main station on , an

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station Sunshine FM on and a youth-oriented station Tai FM. *The iwi has interests in the territory of

Far North District Council Far North District Council () is the territorial authority for the Far North District of New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and th ...

. It therefore has interests in the territory of

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Population

As of the

2013 New Zealand census The 2013 New Zealand census was the thirty-third national census. "The National Census Day" used for the census was on Tuesday, 5 March 2013. The population of New Zealand was counted as 4,242,048 – an increase of 214,101 or 5.3% over the 20 ...

, 61.1% of the population live in cities with populations of 30,000 and larger, compared to 65.6 of the Māori population overall. The Census showed 94.% of the iwi lived in the North Island and 5.8 percent lived in the South. 33.9 percent are under the age of 15 years, 22.4 percent are aged 15–29 years, and 5.4 percent are aged 65 years and over. Iwi members most commonly live in the Auckland Region (42.8%), Northland Region (31.4%) or Waikato Region (7.9%). For women 15 and over, 30.2% had never given birth, 13.6% had given birth to one child, 32.8% had given birth to two or three children, and 23.4% had given birth to four or more children. 67.3% of the iwi population hold a formal qualification, 10.2% have a bachelor's degree or higher as their highest qualification. 32.8 percent have no formal qualification. The qualification rate for women (71.5%) is higher than the qualification rate for men (61.7%). However, the unemployment rate for women (19.4%) is higher than the unemployment rate for men (15.5%). 78.8 percent work full-time, 86.2 percent are paid employees, 10.4 percent are employers or self-employed, and 3.3 percent are unpaid family workers. The most common job for men is labourer and the most common job for women is professional. Of women 15 and older, 30.2% have never given birth, 13.6% have given birth to one child, 32.8% have given birth to two or three children, and 23.4% have given birth to four or more children. The average number of children born is 2.1. 78.1% live in family households, 12.9% live in multi-family households, 4.7% live in one-person homes and 4.3% live in flats. 53.8% of people live in couples with children, 33.5% live in a one-parent family, and 12.7 live in couples without children. There are 2,460 dependent children in the iwi as of 2013.

Notable Ngāti Kurī

* Bethany Edmunds * Hinemoa Elder * Percy Erceg * Merimeri Penfold *

* Dover Samuels * Don Selwyn *

Riria Smith Riria Smith (23 July 1935 – 28 November 2012) was a master in traditional Māori people, Māori weaving from Northland Region, Northland in New Zealand. She was affiliated to the iwi Ngāti Kurī and the hapū Pohutiare of Te Aupōuri. Bi ...

* Miraka Szászy

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