Ngāti Kauwhata 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. ...

'' (tribe) of the Manawatū area of New Zealand. In the 2018 New Zealand census, 1,734 people listed Ngāti Kauwhata as their iwi. Ancestors of the iwi came to New Zealand on the

Tainui Tainui is a tribal waka (canoe), waka confederation of New Zealand Māori people, Māori iwi. The Tainui confederation comprises four principal related Māori iwi of the central North Island of New Zealand: Hauraki Māori, Hauraki, Ngāti Maniapo ...

waka. They originally lived around

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in the Waikato. Large numbers of them migrated to the southern North Island in the 1820s. Mason Durie was a prominent leader in the 20th century. The iwi has two main

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 ...

, Kauwhata Marae (Kai Iwi Pā) and Aorangi Marae. There was formerly another marae, "Te Iwa Tekau mā Iwa".

Kauwhata Marae (Kai Iwi Pā)

Kauwhata (Kai Iwi Pā) is located just south of

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. The main

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 ...

of the marae is Ngāti Hinepare. The whare-tīpuna is also named Kauwhata, the wharepuni named Te Aroha o Ngā Mokopuna and the wharekai named Moarikura. The pepeha is: ''Ko Ruahine te maunga''
''Ko Ōroua te awa.''
''Ko Tainui te waka.''
''Ko Hinepare te hapū''
''Ko Ngāti Kauwhata te iwi.''

Aorangi Marae

Aorangi marae is located just south of Feilding. The main hapū is Ngāti Tahuriwakanui. The

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 ...

is named Maniaihu. The pepeha is: ''Ko Ruahine te maunga''
''Ko Rangitīkei te awa''
''Ko Tainui te waka''
''Ko Tahuriwakanui te hapū''
''Ko Ngāti Kauwhata te iwi''

Te Iwa Tekau mā Iwa

Te Iwa tekau mā Iwa was a marae located in Awahuri on the east bank of the

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, a few chains south of the main highway between Palmerston North and

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. The wharenui of the marae was simply known as "Te Iwa". The wharenui was erected by the Ngāti Kauwhata hapū Ngāti Turoa in the late 1870s or early 1880s and was visited by Kiingi Tāwhiao on 25 January 1883. The wharenui fell into disrepair in the early 20th century, and was destroyed by the 1936 cyclone. The pepeha is: ''Ko Ruahine te maunga''
''Ko Ōroua te awa.''
''Ko Tainui te waka.''
''Ko Turoa te hapū''
''Ko Ngāti Kauwhata te iwi''

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