| Iwi Name: | Ngāti Kahu |
| Map: | Ngatikahu iwi location.PNG |
| Iwi Location: | Northland Region |
| Waka: | Mamaru |
| Population: | 8,580[1] |
| United Tribes No.: | 2 |
| Url: | http://www.ngatikahu.iwi.nz |
Ngāti Kahu is a Māori iwi of Northland, New Zealand. The iwi is one of the six Muriwhenua iwi of the far north of the North Island. Ngāti Kahu take their name from their founding ancestress, Kahutianui, and link their ancestry back to the waka Māmaru. The captain of Māmaru was Te Parata who married Kahutianui.
Ngāti Kahu identify themselves through the following series of markers captured in their pepeha (tribal aphorism):
McCully Matiu, kaumātua rangatira of Ngāti Kahu until his death in 2001, provided the following genealogical account of his Ngāti Kahu ancestry:
All Ngāti Kahu can trace their genealogy back to their founding ancestors.
Ngāti Kahu view themselves as holding authority and power derived from their ancestors over several inland territories including the Maungataniwha range and all the lands to the north and east of the range including the settlements with their associated marae of Waiaua, Hīhī, Kēnana, Kohumaru, Aputerewa, Mangōnui, Koekoeā (Coopers beach), Waipapa (Cable Bay), Taipā, Te Āhua, Pēria, Parapara, Aurere, Lake Ōhia, Rangiputa, Whatuwhiwhi, Karikari, Mērita, Kāingaroa, Karepōnia, Oinu, Ōpoka, Ōturu, Kaitāia, Ōkahu, Tangonge, Waipapakauri, Takahue, Pāmapūria, Mangataiore (Victoria Valley) and all areas between. They also have authority over the sea territories of the Mangōnui and Rangaunu harbours.[3]