Group: | Te Tau Ihu Māori |
Regions: | Tasman District, Nelson City, Marlborough Region |
Languages: | Māori language |
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), andNgāti Tama and Te Atiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui (from the Tokomaru canoe of Taranaki).[1]