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Story: Te Tau Ihu tribes. Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka-a-Māui is the prow of the demigod Māui’s canoe – the top of the South Island. Many different iwi (tribes) have migrated to these fertile, mineral-rich lands: the elusive ‘fairy folk’ of ancient times; the descendants of the navigator Kupe; and powerful Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri, who ruled for ...
Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka-a-Māui is the prow of the demigod Māui’s canoe – the top of the South Island. Many different iwi (tribes) have migrated to these fertile, mineral-rich lands: the elusive ‘fairy folk’ of ancient times; the descendants of the navigator Kupe; and powerful Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri, who ruled for 200 years.
Te Tau Ihu Māori are a group of Māori iwi in the upper South Island of New Zealand. It includes Ngāti Kuia , Rangitāne , Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri and Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō (from the Kurahaupō canoe), Ngāti Koata , Ngāti Rārua and Ngāti Toa (from the Tainui canoe), and Ngāti Tama and Te Atiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui (from the Tokomaru canoe of Taranaki ).
There are eight iwi which are tangata whenua in Te Tau Ihu - or Te Tauihu as it is now more commonly known: Rangit ā ne o Wairau, Ngāti Kuia and Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō are of Kurahaupō waka origins. They were the tangata whenua of Te Tau Ihu when the Kawhia–Taranaki tribes migrated to the district. Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāti Koata ...
It was the impetus Rangitāne needed to force a split from Ngāti Kahungunu and set up as its own authority. So began the first battle of many as the two tribes fought to take control of the Tararua and Wairarapa districts. Piri Te Tau, Rangitane Claimant at Te Ore Ore Marae, Masterton. ROSS GIBLIN/STUFF.
This map shows places of significance to the tribes of Te Tau Ihu, both today and in the past.
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As at the 2018 Census there were 4,572 Māori in the Tasman District - a 33% increase since 2013. ... From The Tangata Whenua Tribes of Te Tau Ihu by Hilary and John ...
