Iwi - Hapu - Roopu - Trusts

Ngati Porou Rohe All areas abound in Ngati Porou Histories. Traditionally carved Meeting Houses (Marae). Ngati Porou tribal boundary - Te Toka a Taiau through to Potikirua

This is the website of Ngati Paoa. The site has been set up to support the process of building a single governing entity for Ng?ti Paoa. The main purposes of the site are: to explain how and why Ng?ti Paoa are setting up the new governing entity; and to enable Ngati Paoa to participate in the process of setting up the entity.

Ngati Maniapoto is historically an established tribe. In these modern times Ngati Maniapoto has shown a concern for the welfare and development of their people, thus forming the Maniapoto Maaori Trust Board. The Trust Board's main mission is: "To preserve and protect the identity, integrity and interests of the Maniapoto Tribe". The Maniapoto Maaori Trust Board, in its drive towards tribal development, has maintained this mission.

This site was developed to inform us, and others, about ourselves as Ngati Kuta; what we are doing and what we plan to do. We are all over the world and we need to keep in touch to keep our historical feet on our whanau peice of earth for now and for our future generations. We may not have been born in Te Rawhiti and may not have had much contact but this website is an opportunity for us all to learn, to share and to contribute something to our electronic hapu.

From the time of Ngati Koata’s arrival in Te Tau Ihu and their establishment there through the tuku of Tutepourangi of the Kurahaupo tribes and of Te Putu and other Ngati Koata chiefs early in the century before last, Ngati Koata have exercised authority in Te Tau Ihu
according to a system of customary law - tikanga - which embodies spiritual and temporal and other features of Maori culture and philosophy.

Ngati Kahungunu has the third largest Iwi population, The 2006 NZ Census and Local Government statistics show that 59,946 people or 12 percent of the Maori population, belong to Ngati Kahungunu. This was 8394 more than at the 2001 Census. A large percentage of Kahungunu people reside outside the traditional iwi boundaries. Many more, not included in the census count, reside overseas. Geographically, Ngati Kahungunu has the second largest tribal rohe in the country, from the Wharerata ranges in the Wairoa District extending to Cape Palliser in South Wairarapa. The coastal boundaries are Paritu in the North to Turakirae in the South. Ngati Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated, with the mandate to represent the people of Ngati Kahungunu, is the Governing body for all aspects of Iwi development.

In 1990 a hui-a-Iwi was called to set up a body separate from the Trust Board to be the Iwi authority for Ngati Kahu and receive government funding for the Iwi. This body was to be a runanga and care had to be taken to ensure that it was set up according to traditional Runanga criteria and not government legislative requirements. McCully Matiu played a pivotal role in the setting up of Te Runanga-a-Iwi o Ngati Kahu.

Ngati Awa Group Holdings is company established by Te Runanga o Ngati Awa to undertake commercial activities on its behalf. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Runanga and its directors are appointed by the Runanga. More information about the company will be available once the planning process has been completed.

The Ngati Awa Community Development Trust was established on 24 April 2005 as part of the reconstitution of Te Runanga o Ngati Awa. The Trust is a Charitable Trust with the trustees appointed by the Runanga. Prior to the reconstitution of the Runanga many of the community development activities of the Runanga were undertaken by a very small Runanga executive team assisted by committees of volunteers. This approach had resulted in good progress in managing Ngati Awa's affairs since its establishment in 1981. However there are now greater expectations on the organisation which require full time management.

Ngati Awa is a iwi (tribe) consisting of a confederation of 22 hapu (sub-tribes) located around Whakatane, Te Teko and Matata in the North Island of Aotearoa / New Zealand. In addition to the traditional hapu there are two urban based hapu, Ngati Awa-ki-Tamaki at Auckland and Ngati Awa-ki-Poneke at Wellington. According to the 1996 Census around 11,000 people registered their affiliation with Ngati Awa. Ngati Awa derives its name from Awanuiarangi, son of the famous Toikairakau, who settled in the Bay of Plenty many generations before the arrival of Pakeha to Aotearoa.