Manawatu

Tanenuiarangi Manawatu Incorporated ("TMI") has been the mandated iwi for Rangitaane O Manawatu since 1989. Its members are the natural descendants of the hapu of Rangitaane O Manawatu. These hapu include: Ngati Hineaute - Palmerston North District Te Rangitepaia - Manawatu/Horowhenua District Te Rangiaranaki - Palmerston North/Horowhenua District Ngati Mairehau - Manawatu/Horowhenua District Te Rangitauira (Ngati Tauira) - Manawatu/Rangitikei District

Muaupoko are the Maori people who traditionally occupy the lands on the west coast at the southern end of the North Island of New Zealand. Their name comes from mua (in front of) upoko (the head) of the fish of Maui, referring to the shape of the North Island which is similar to a fish with the mouth being Te Whanganui-a-Tara (the Wellington Harbour). Muaupoko are also called Ngai Tara after their eponymous (naming) ancestor Tara, who settled in Wellington with his parents Whatonga and Hotu-waipara in the later half of the twelfth century. Tara's wife named the area after him - Te Whanganui-a-Tara means 'the great harbour of Tara'.