Ngāti Tahu – Ngāti Whaoa Explained

Iwi Name:Ngāti Tahu – Ngāti Whaoa

Ngāti Tahu – Ngāti Whaoa is a Māori iwi of New Zealand[1] whose traditional territory lies between the Rotorua lakes and Lake Taupō, and is centred on Orakei Korako, on the Waikato River.[2]

They are descended from Tahu Matua[3] and take their name from him and his descendant Whaoa. Tahu Matua arrived in New Zealand before the main Māori migration canoes from Hawaiki. Whaoa was an ancestor some generations younger, who descended from Tahu Matua through his mother, Hinewai, and descended from Atuamatua through his father, Paengatu. Through successive generations of inter-marriage with neighbouring iwi, members of the tribe also have ancestors who arrived on the Arawa, Mataatua and Tainui waka.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Te Puni Kōkiri iwi profile. tkm.govt.nz. Te Puni Kōkiri, New Zealand Government. 30 May 2018.
  2. Web site: Our rohe . Ngati Tahu – Ngati Whaoa Runanga Trust . 12 December 2021.
  3. Book: Tupuna Awa: People and Politics of the Waikato River. Marama Muru-Lanning. . 2016 . 57 . 978-1-86940-850-3.
  4. Web site: Our history . Ngati Tahu – Ngati Whaoa Runanga Trust . 12 December 2021.