Ngāti Hauiti is a
Māori
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iwi
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of New Zealand. It is centred in the
Rangitikei area of the lower
North Island
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.
Awa FM
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is the radio station of Ngāti Hauiti,
Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi and
Ngāti Hāua
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.
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. It began as Te Reo Irirangi O Whanganui 100FM on 17 June 1991. Between July 1992 and June 1993 it also operated a separate station in Ohakune, known as Te Reo Irirangi Ki Ruapehu or Nga Iwi FM, combining local programmes with shows from 100FM.
It is available on in
Whanganui
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, in
Ruapehu, and in
Taumarunui
Taumarunui is a small town in the King Country of the central North Island of New Zealand. It is on an alluvial plain set within rugged terrain on the upper reaches of the Whanganui River, 65 km south of Te Kūiti and 55 km west of T ...
.
In the 2013 census in New Zealand, 1,026 people claimed affiliation with Ngāti Hauiti.
See also
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List of Māori 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 dist ...
References
External links
* http://www.ngatihauiti.iwi.nz/
* http://www.mokaipateaclaims.maori.nz/
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