Ngāti Tahu – Ngāti Whaoa

Ngāti Tahu – Ngāti Whaoa
Iwi (tribe) in Māoridom

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]

See also

• List of Māori iwi

References

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