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Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area ( /ˈɔːklənd/, AWK-lənd), in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with 1,377,200 residents, 31 percent of the country's population. Auckland has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world. In Māori Auckland's names are Tāmaki Makaurau, and the transliterated version of Auckland, Ākarana.
The 2011 Mercer Quality of Living Survey ranked Auckland 3rd equal place in the world on its list, while the Economist's World's Most Livable Cities index of 2011 ranked Auckland in 9th place. In 2010, Auckland was classified as a Beta World City in the World Cities Study Group’s inventory by Loughborough University.
Auckland lies between the Hauraki Gulf of the Pacific Ocean to the east, the low Hunua Ranges to the south-east, the Manukau Harbour to the south-west, and the Waitakere Ranges and smaller ranges to the west and north-west. The central part of the urban area occupies a narrow isthmus between the Manukau Harbour on the Tasman Sea and the Waitemata Harbour on the Pacific Ocean. It is one of the few cities in the world to have harbours on two separate major bodies of water.

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Bay of Plenty
The Bay of Plenty is a large indentation in the northern coast of New Zealand's North Island. It stretches from the Coromandel Peninsula in the west to Cape Runaway in the east, a wide stretch of some 259 km of open coastline. The Bay of Plenty Region is situated around this body of water, also incorporating several large islands in the bay.
The Bay of Plenty was the first part of New Zealand to be settled by the Māori. The name "Bay of Plenty" originated with James Cook during his 1769–70 exploration of New Zealand, who noted the abundant resources in the area. The Māori name for the bay is Te Moana-a-Toi ("the sea of Toi"), a reference to the ancestral explorer Toi-te-huatahi.
In the 1830s, Europeans began to settle in the area.
On 5 October 2011, the MV Rena ran aground on the Astrolabe Reef off the coast of the Bay of Plenty causing a large oil spill. The spill is described as New Zealand's worst ever environmental disaster.
The coastline from Waihi Beach in the west to Opape is defined as sandy coast, while the coast from Opape to Cape Runaway is rocky shore.

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Christchurch
Christchurch ( /ˈkraɪstʃɜrtʃ/, KRYS-church; Māori: Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's third-largest urban area. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of Christchurch.
The city was named by the Canterbury Association, which settled the surrounding province of Canterbury. The name of Christchurch was agreed on at the first meeting of the association on 27 March 1848. It was suggested by John Robert Godley, who had attended Christ Church, Oxford. Some early writers called the town Christ Church, but it was recorded as Christchurch in the minutes of the management committee of the association. Christchurch became a city by Royal Charter on 31 July 1856, making it officially the oldest established city in New Zealand.
The river that flows through the centre of the city (its banks now largely forming an urban park) was named Avon at the request of the pioneering Deans brothers to commemorate the Scottish Avon, which rises in the Ayrshire hills near what was their grandfathers' farm and flows into the Clyde.

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East Cape
East Cape is the easternmost point of the main islands of New Zealand. It is located to the north of Gisborne in the northeast of the North Island.
The name East Cape is also used to refer to the Gisborne region around the cape stretching from just north of the Mahia Peninsula northwards, and inland to Te Urewera National Park. This region was the site of many of the major conflicts of the New Zealand land wars in the 1860s.
East Cape reaches out to the Pacific Ocean, and is the first mainland place in the world to see the sun each day.
There's a wonderfully fresh quality to the scenery of Eastland. Bush fringed misty mountain lakes, beaches that have hardly changed for hundreds of years, farmland and vineyards that breathe the spirit of nature.
The further you go, the more nature's bounty tempts—camping, diving, fishing, hunting, swimming and surfing opportunities abound.
There are many interesting and beautiful walks within the region, but one of the most stunning areas for hiking and trekking is in the Te Urewera National Park, the third largest national park and the largest untouched native forest in New Zealand. Soft adventure, such as horse trekking is another way to experience the magic of East Cape.

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Kaitaia
Kaitaia is a town in the far north region of New Zealand, at the base of the Aupouri Peninsula which is about 160 km northwest of Whangarei. It is the last major settlement on the main road north to the capes and bays on the peninsula. Ahipara Bay, the southernmost part of Ninety Mile Beach, is five kilometres west of the town.
The main industries of the town are forestry and tourism. The town has a population of 5,202 (2006 census) which makes it second largest in the FNDC area, behind Kerikeri.
The name Kaitaia means plenty of food (Kai being the Maori word for food).
The Kaitaia Mission Station was first established in 1834 by the missionaries Joseph Matthews and William Gilbert Puckey.
Kaitaia has an oceanic, subtropical climate. On average, it is the warmest place in New Zealand.
In the mid-1980s, a large meteorological observatory was built on the hill behind Kaitaia providing surface observations and upper air radar and radiosonde measurements. However, with the change in government policies at this time, especially the impact of Rogernomics, the full potential of the observatory was never realised and it was closed in the late 1990s. The upper air component of the observatory was moved to the Whenuapai Air Base, northwest of Auckland.^{[citation needed]}

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Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt (Māori: Awakairangi) is a city in the Wellington region of New Zealand. It is the tenth largest city in New Zealand in population, and covers an area of 376.74 km².
Its council has adopted the name Hutt City Council, but neither the New Zealand Geographic Board nor the Local Government Act recognise the name Hutt City. This alternative name has led to confusion, as there are two cities in the Hutt Valley, Lower Hutt and Upper Hutt. The Upper Hutt City Council objects to the name of Hutt City. The former Hutt County included much of the area of both Upper Hutt and Lower Hutt.
The city centres on the lower (southern) valley of the Hutt River, to the northeast of Wellington. The valley widens as the river nears its mouth, so the central urban area of the city forms a triangle with its longest side along the shoreline. In the upper reaches of the city the Western and Eastern Hutt Hills become closer, culminating in the Taitā Gorge at the northern end of Lower Hutt, separating the city from neighbouring Upper Hutt.

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Mangamuka
Mangamuka is a district in Northland, New Zealand, at the junction of the Mangamuka and Opurehu Rivers. State Highway 1 runs through the area, and the settlement of Mangamuka Bridge lies at the point where the highway crosses the Mangamuku River. The river runs into the upper Hokianga Harbour. Just to the north west, the highway runs through Mangamuka Gorge in the Maungataniwha Range.Umawera lies to the south east.
Ngā Puhi chief Hongi Hika was shot in the lungs during a minor engagement on the shores of the Mangamuka River in January 1829. The wound eventually killed him.
The first European surveyor on the Mangamuka River was von Sturmer. The first settlement was at Tutekehua in 1874, downstream from what later became Mangamuka Bridge. The settlers cleared the land, planted orchards, and grew grain. A fruit canning and jam making factory was established, although it no longer exists.
The Mangamuka Forest survived the logging era with many giant kauri trees intact. In 1952 the Omahuta Kauri Sanctuary was set up to provide public access to the trees, with boardwalks built to both protect the tree roots and keep visitor's feet dry. The walk takes 30-45 minutes.

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New Plymouth
New Plymouth is the major city of the Taranaki Region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after Plymouth, Devon, England, from where the first English settlers migrated.
New Plymouth District includes New Plymouth City and several smaller towns. New Plymouth District is the 15th largest district (out of 73) in New Zealand, and has 1.7 percent of New Zealand's population.
New Plymouth District has a population of 68,901 – nearly two thirds of the total population of the Taranaki Region. This includes – New Plymouth City (52,500), Waitara (6,288), Inglewood (3,090), Oakura (1,359), Okato (531) and Urenui (429).
The city is a service centre for the region's principal economic activities including intensive pastoral activities (mainly dairy farming) as well as oil, natural gas and petrochemical exploration and production. It is also the region's financial centre as the home of the TSB Bank (formerly the Taranaki Savings Bank), the largest of the remaining non-government New Zealand-owned banks.

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New Zealand
New Zealand (Māori: Aotearoa) is an island country located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The country geographically comprises two main landmasses ‒ that of the North and South Islands ‒ as well as numerous smaller islands. New Zealand is situated some 1,500 kilometres (900 mi) east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and roughly 1,000 kilometres (600 mi) south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. Because of its remoteness, it was one of the last lands to be settled by humans.
During its long isolation, New Zealand developed a distinctive biodiversity of both animal and plant life. Most notable are the large number of unique bird species, many of which became extinct after the arrival of humans and introduced mammals. With a mild maritime climate, the land was mostly covered in forest. The country's varied topography and its sharp mountain peaks owe much to the tectonic uplift of land and volcanic eruptions caused by the Pacific and Indo-Australian Plates clashing beneath the earth's surface.

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Ngaruawahia
Ngāruawāhia (Māori pronunciation: [ŋaːɾʉaˈwaːhia]) (pop. 5,106) is a town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 20 km north-west of Hamilton at the confluence of the Waikato and Waipa Rivers, adjacent to the Hakarimata Range. Ngāruawāhia lies within the Hamilton Urban Area, the fourth largest urban area in New Zealand.
The name Ngāruawāhia means "the opened food pits", which derives from a great feast in the 17th century. Te Ngaere, a Ngāti Tamainupō chief, and Heke-i-te-rangi, a Ngāti Maniapoto woman, had eloped and settled at Ngāruawāhia, causing a rift between their tribes. When their first child was born, Ngāti Maniapoto were invited to the celebration in an attempt to reconcile the tribes. Te Ngaere's father named the boy Te Mana-o-te-rangi in honour of Ngāti Maniapoto. Peace was established between the tribes, and Te Ngaere shouted "Wāhia ngā rua" (break open the food pits).
After the invasion of the Waikato in 1863 by British imperial forces the town was renamed Newcastle, but reverted to Ngāruawāhia soon after.

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North Island
The North Island (Māori: Te Ika-a-Māui) is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the slightly larger but much less populous South Island by Cook Strait. The island is 113,729 square kilometres (43,911 sq mi) in area, making it the world's 14th-largest island. It has a population of 3,366,100 (June 2011 estimate).
Twelve cities are in the North Island: Auckland, New Plymouth, Tauranga, Gisborne, Napier, Hamilton, Hastings, Palmerston North, Rotorua, Wanganui, Whangarei and Wellington, the capital, located at the southern extremity of the island. Approximately 76% of New Zealand's population lives in the North Island.
Although the island has been known as the North Island for many years, the New Zealand Geographic Board has found that, along with the South Island, it has no official name. The board intends to make North Island the island's official name, along with an alternative Māori name. Although several Māori names have been used, Maori Language Commissioner Erima Henare sees Te Ika-a-Māui as the most likely choice.

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Opotiki
Opotiki is a town in the eastern Bay of Plenty in the North Island of New Zealand. It houses the headquarters of the Opotiki District Council and comes under the Bay of Plenty Regional Council.
(All figures are based on the 2006 census, from Statistics New Zealand)
Iwi based within the district are:
The Opotiki district is bounded on one long side by the eastern half of the Bay of Plenty embayment of the Pacific Ocean and on the other long side by the Raukumara mountain range which rises to 1754 m (5755 ft) at Mt. Hikurangi. The district is predominantly steep hills dissected by fast-flowing rivers, the largest being the Motu. The coastal riverine floodplains (‘flats’) and terraces (‘tablelands’) provide the only flat land. Opotiki township is situated on the largest flat at the conjunction of two of these, the Otara River and the Waioeka River. Sandy beaches, lower hills and larger flats are characteristic of the southwest area of the district; pebbly or rocky beaches and high hills coming right down to the sea are characteristic of the northeast. Current human population is therefore concentrated in the coastal southwest. The district has a land area of 3,104.54 km² (1,198.67 sq mi).

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Orakei
Orakei (Māori: Ōrākei) is a suburb of Auckland city, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located on a peninsula five kilometres to the east of the city centre, close to the shore of the Waitemata Harbour, which lies to the north, and Hobson Bay and the Orakei Basin, two arms of the Waitemata, which lie to the west and south. To the east are the suburbs of Kohimarama and Mission Bay.
The mouth of the Waitemata is to the immediate north of Orakei, lying between Bastion Point and North Head, the latter of which is in Devonport.
The suburb achieved national attention in 1977 when Māori protestors occupied vacant land at Bastion Point. Land which had formerly belonged to the Ngāti Whātua iwi had been acquired cheaply for public works many decades before, and members of the tribe occupied the land demanding its return. The site was largely returned to the iwi after a long and not entirely bloodless occupation.
Orakei is home to some of Auckland's most expensive real estate. Paritai Drive in Orakei is generally regarded as the most expensive street in Auckland, and most probably New Zealand. House prices on this street start at $3m and range to $12m. The local secondary school is Selwyn College.

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Paeroa
Paeroa is a small town in New Zealand, in the northern Waikato region of the Thames Valley. Located at the foot of the Coromandel Peninsula, it is close to the junction of the Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers, 20 kilometres from the coast at the Firth of Thames. The population is 3900.
Paeroa is known for its mineral springs, which provide the water used in a local soft drink, Lemon & Paeroa.
Captain James Cook explored the Waihou River in 1779, taking a long-boat up as far as Netherton, just a couple of miles from where the town of Paeroa was built 100 years on.
The area was briefly explored in October 1826 by Captain James Herd, in command of the Lambton and the Isabella (or Rosanna). Herd was sent on an exploratory mission by the first organisation to be known as the New Zealand Company and claimed to have bought one million acres (4000 km²) of land from local Māori in Hokianga and Manukau.
By 1869, anticipating the rush to the Ohinemuri Goldfields, considerable numbers of miners camped at Cashell’s Landing "Puke".^{[clarification needed]}

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Palmerston North
Palmerston North (Māori: Te Papaioea) is the main city of the Manawatu-Wanganui region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is an inland city with a population of 82,400 (June 2011 estimate) and is the country's seventh largest city and eighth largest urban area. Palmerston North is located in the eastern Manawatu Plains near the north bank of the Manawatu River. The city covers an area of 325.94 square kilometres (126 sq mi) and one million people live within a two-hour drive (200 km/120 mile radius). It is about 140 km (87 mi) north of the capital, Wellington. The city is 35 km (22 mi) from the river's mouth and 12 km (7 mi) from the end of the Manawatu Gorge.
The official limits of the city take in rural areas to the south and north-east of the main urban area, extending to the Tararua Ranges and including the town of Ashhurst at the mouth of the Manawatu Gorge. This is a rich and fertile agricultural area.
Land Area : 325.94 square kilometres (80,540 acres)
Area In Public Reserves : 5.54 square kilometres (1,369 acres)

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Porirua
Porirua is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand, immediately north of the city of Wellington, with their central business districts 20 km apart. A large proportion of the population commutes to Wellington, so it may be considered a satellite city. It almost completely surrounds Porirua Harbour at the southern end of the Kapiti Coast. The eastern (Pauatahanui) inlet of the harbour is notable for its world-class estuarine values. The population at the June 2011 estimate was 52,500.
The name "Porirua" is of Māori origin. It is possibly a variant of "Pari-rua" ("two tides"), a reference to the two arms of the Porirua Harbour. The name was given in the 19th century to a land registration district that stretched from Kaiwharawhara (or Kaiwarra) on the north-west shore of Wellington Harbour northwards to and around Porirua Harbour. The road climbing the hill from Kaiwharawhara towards Ngaio and Khandallah is still called Old Porirua Road.
In the 19th century a small European settlement grew up, partly because of the need for a ferry across the harbour. At the time a small Māori settlement already existed.

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Rotorua
Rotorua (from Māori: Te Rotorua-nui-a-Kahumatamomoe, "The second great lake of Kahumatamomoe") is a city on the southern shores of the lake of the same name, in the Bay of Plenty region of the North Island of New Zealand. The city is the seat of the Rotorua District, a territorial authority encompassing the city and several other nearby towns. Rotorua city has an estimated permanent population of 56,200, with the Rotorua district having a total estimated population of 68,900. The city is in the heart of the North Island, just 60 kilometres (37 mi) south of Tauranga, 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Taupo, 105 kilometres (65 mi) east of Hamilton, and 230 kilometres (140 mi) southeast of the nation's most populous city, Auckland.
Rotorua is a major destination for both domestic and international tourists; the tourism industry is by far the largest industry in the district. The city is known for its geothermal activity, and features geysers – notably the Pohutu Geyser at Whakarewarewa – and hot mud pools. This thermal activity is sourced to the Rotorua caldera, on which the city lies. Rotorua is home to the Waiariki Institute of Technology.

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Ruatoria
Ruatoria, also written as Ruatōria, is a town in the Waiapu Valley of the Gisborne Region in the northeastern corner of New Zealand's North Island. The town was originally known as Cross Roads, and was named Ruatōrea in 1913, from the Māori Rua-a-Tōrea (the storage pit of Tōrea). In 1925 the name was altered to the current spelling, although some texts retain the original spelling.
As of the 2006 census, it was the third largest centre of population in the sparsely populated region, yet had a population of only 756 (75 less than the region's second largest town, Tolaga Bay). This was a decrease of 9.7% (81 people) since the 2001 census. It is the centre of population and largest town in the Waiapu Valley. 94.8% of the population is Māori, and 46% of the population is able to speak te reo Māori — both significantly higher than regional or national averages.
As the crow flies, Ruatoria is approximately 90 km (56 mi) north-northeast of Gisborne, and 30 km (19 mi) southwest of the East Cape Lighthouse. By road it is 128 km (80 mi) from Gisborne, 3 km (1.9 mi) off State Highway 35. It is at the bottom of the Waiapu Valley on the banks of the Waiapu River just downstream of where the river is formed by the joining of the Mata and Tapuaeroa Rivers.

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Taranaki Region
Taranaki is a region in the west of New Zealand's North Island and is the 10th largest region of New Zealand by population. It is named for the region's main geographical feature, Mount Taranaki.
The main centre of the Taranaki region is the city of New Plymouth which has been voted the "Top City" in New Zealand. The New Plymouth District has over 60% of the entire population of Taranaki. New Plymouth is located in North Taranaki along with Inglewood and Waitara. South Taranaki towns include Hawera, Stratford and Eltham.
Since 2005, Taranaki has used the promotional brand "Like no other".
Taranaki is situated on the west coast of the North Island, surrounding the volcanic peak. The large bays north-west and south-west of Cape Egmont are prosaically named the North Taranaki Bight and the South Taranaki Bight.
Mount Taranaki, or Mount Egmont—Te Maunga O Taranaki in Māori—is the dominant feature of the region, second-tallest mountain in the North Island. Māori legend says that Taranaki previously lived with the Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu mountains of the central North Island but fled to its current location after a battle with Tongariro.

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Tauranga
Tauranga (Māori pronunciation: [ˈtaʉɾaŋa]) is the most populous city in the Bay of Plenty region of the North Island of New Zealand.
It was settled by Europeans in the early 19th century and was constituted as a city in 1963. Tauranga City is the centre of the sixth largest urban area in New Zealand, with an urban population of 121,500 (June 2011 estimate).
The city lies in the north-western corner of the Bay of Plenty, on the south-eastern edge of Tauranga Harbour. The city expands over an area of 168 square kilometres (65 sq mi), and encompasses the communities of Bethlehem, on the south-western outskirts of the city; Greerton, on the southern outskirts of the city; Matua, west of the central city overlooking Tauranga Harbour; Maungatapu; Mount Maunganui, located north of the central city across the harbour facing the Bay of Plenty; Otumoetai; Papamoa, Tauranga's largest suburb, located on the Bay of Plenty; Tauranga City; Tauranga South; and Welcome Bay.
Tauranga is one of New Zealand's main centres for business, international trade, culture, fashion and horticultural science. The Port of Tauranga is New Zealand's largest port in terms of gross export tonnage.

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Te Kuiti
Te Kuiti is a small town in the south of the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. It lies at the junction of State Highways 3 and 30 and on the North Island Main Trunk Railway, 80 km south of Hamilton.
As of the 2001 census it had a resident population of 4,374, a decrease of 5.1% since 1991. The town promotes itself as the sheep shearing capital of the world and is host to the annual New Zealand National Shearing Championships.
Te Kuiti is approximately 80 km south of Hamilton and 19 km south-east of Waitomo. The area around Te Kuiti, commonly known as the King Country, gives its name to the Heartland Championship rugby team based in Te Kuiti.
Te Kuiti is the Maori name given to the area. In its original form of "Te Kuititanga", it literally means "the valley", "the squeezing in" or "the narrowing".
The "Shearing Capital of the World" contains the world's largest shearer, seven metres high. On 1 April 2006 the largest sheep show in the world took place here, with more than 2000 sheep.

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Tokoroa
Tokoroa (Maori: Te Kaokaoroa o Patetere) is the third-largest town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand and largest settlement in the South Waikato district. Located 30 km southwest of Rotorua, close to the foot of the Mamaku Ranges, it is mid-way between Taupo and Hamilton on State Highway One. Its 2006 census population was 13,600, a significant decline from the 2001 figure of 14,950. Other notable South Waikato settlements are Putaruru, Tirau and Arapuni.
It is traditionally recorded that one of the great fighting chiefs of the Ngati Kahupungapunga, Tokoroa by name, was slain by Ngati Raukawa during the siege of Pōhaturoa, a volcanic plug adjacent to Atiamuri, 27 km south of Tokoroa on the main Taupo highway. It is probable that some early surveyor applied the name Tokoroa as a tribute to the old chief's memory.^{[citation needed]} The name Tokoroa first appeared on the early maps of the 1860s, although this was for an area 50 km north east of today's Tokoroa.
Tokoroa is one of the most recent towns in New Zealand history. It was first developed around 1925 by the Matarawa land company as a potential farming area followed by residential development in 1948.

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Turangi
Turangi is a small town on the west bank of the Tongariro River, 50 kilometres south-west of Taupo on the North Island Volcanic Plateau of New Zealand. It was built to accommodate the workers associated with the Tongariro hydro-electric power development project and their families. The town was designed to remain as a small servicing centre for the exotic forest plantations south of Lake Taupo and for tourists. It is well known for its trout fishing and calls itself "The trout fishing capital of the world". The major Maori hapu (tribe) of the Turangi area is Ngati Turangitukua.
The Turangi area covers some 2273 km², and is located close to the edge of the Kaimanawa Ranges and ten kilometres north of the stretch of State Highway 1 known as the Desert Road.
The streets around Turangi in autumn are lined with “brilliant” foliage.
Built on the banks of the Tongariro River, Turangi and its surrounding countryside offers challenging hunting, fishing, mountain biking, hiking or leisurely bush walks, white water rafting, kayaking and sight seeing.

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Wellington
Wellington ( /ˈwɛlɪŋtən/) is the capital city and second most populous urban area of New Zealand. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range. It is home to 393,400 residents.
The Wellington urban area is the major population centre of the southern North Island, and is the seat of the Wellington Region – which in addition to the urban area covers the Kapiti Coast and Wairarapa. The urban area includes four cities: Wellington, on the peninsula between Cook Strait and Wellington Harbour, contains the central business district and about half of Wellington's population; Porirua on Porirua Harbour to the north is notable for its large Māori and Pacific Island communities; Lower Hutt and Upper Hutt are largely suburban areas to the northeast, together known as the Hutt Valley. Wellington also holds the distinction of being the world's southernmost capital city.
In 2008, Wellington was classified as a Gamma World City in the World Cities Study Group’s inventory by Loughborough University. The 2010 Mercer Quality of Living Survey ranked Wellington 12th in the world. In 2011 Lonely Planet Best in Travel 2011 named Wellington as fourth in its Top 10 Cities to Visit in 2011, referring to the New Zealand capital as the "coolest little capital in the world".

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Whakatane
Whakatane (Māori pronunciation: [fakaˈtaːnɛ], English: /fɑːkəˈtɑːni/ fah-kə-TAH-nee) is a town in the eastern Bay of Plenty Region in the North Island of New Zealand, 90 km east of Tauranga and 89 km north-east of Rotorua, at the mouth of the Whakatane River.
It has a population of 18,700, with another 15,800 people living within the Whakatane District. Of the 34,500 people (June 2011 estimate) in the District, around 40% have Māori ancestry. The District has a land area of 4,442.07 km² (1,715.09 sq mi). The Whakatane District was created in 1976.
Whakatane is part of the parliamentary electorate of East Coast, represented by Anne Tolley of the New Zealand National Party.
It is the seat of the Bay of Plenty Regional Council, chosen as a compromise between the region's two larger cities, Tauranga and Rotorua.
Whakatane was affected by the 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake.
The site of the town has long been populated. Māori pā (Māori fortified village) sites in the area date back to the first Polynesian settlements, estimated to have been around 1200 CE. According to Māori tradition Toi-te-huatahi, later known as Toi-kai-rakau, landed at Whakatane about AD 1150 in search of his grandson Whatonga. Failing to find Whatonga, he settled in the locality and built a pa on the highest point of the headland now called Whakatane Heads, overlooking the present town. Some 200 years later the Mataatua waka landed at Whakatane.

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Whangarei
Whangarei (/ˌfɒŋəˈreɪ/; Māori: [faŋaˈɾɛi]) is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the regional capital of Northland Region. Although commonly classified as a city, it is officially part of the Whangarei District, administered by the Whangarei District Council a local body created in 1989 to administer both the city proper and its hinterland. The population was estimated to be 52,200 at the June 2011 estimate, up from 47,400 in 2001.
The Whangarei urban area includes the suburbs of Kamo, Tikipunga, Otangarei, Mairtown, Riverside, Sherwood Rise, Onerahi, Morningside, Raumanga, Parihaka, Maunu, Horahora, Woodhill, Vinetown, The Regent, Kensington, and Whau Valley.
Captain James Cook and the crew of the Endeavour were the first Europeans to contemplate the Whangarei Harbour entrance. On 15 November 1769 they caught about one hundred fish there which they classified as 'bream' (probably snapper) prompting Cook to name the area Bream Bay.
The Māori iwi Ngāpuhi occupied Whangarei from the early 19th century, and the Te Parawhau hapū lived at the head of the harbour. In the 1820s the area was repeatedly attacked by Waikato and Ngāti Paoa raiders during the Musket Wars.

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Keri Hulme
Keri Hulme (born 9 March 1947) is a New Zealand writer. Her only novel, The Bone People, won the Booker Prize in 1985.
Hulme was born in Christchurch, in New Zealand's South Island. The daughter of a carpenter and a credit manager, she was the eldest of six children. Her parents were of English, Scottish, and Māori (Ngāi Tahu) descent. "Our family comes from diverse people: Kai Tahu, Kāti Mamoe (South Island Maori iwi); Orkney islanders; Lancashire folk; Faroese and/or Norwegian migrants," Hulme told Contemporary Women Poets Her early education was at North New Brighton Primary School and Aranui High School. Her father died when she was 11 years old.
Hulme worked as a tobacco picker in Motueka after leaving school. She began studying for an honours law degree at the University of Canterbury in 1967, but left after four terms and returned to tobacco picking.
By 1972, she decided to begin writing full-time, but, despite family support, was forced to go back to work nine months later. She continued writing, some of her work appearing under the pseudonym Kai Tainui. During this time, she continued working on her novel, The Bone People, ultimately published in February 1984. The novel was returned by several publishers before being accepted by the Spiral Collective. It won the 1984 New Zealand Book Award for Fiction and the Booker Prize in 1985. Hulme was the first (and as of 2012, only) New Zealander to win the Booker.

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Musket Wars
The Musket Wars were a series of five hundred or more battles fought in New Zealand amongst Māori between 1807 and 1842, after Māori obtained muskets.
Northern tribes such as the rivals Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Whātua were the first to obtain firearms, and inflicted heavy casualties upon each other and on neighbouring tribes, some of whom had never seen muskets. The wars were characterised by their brutality and ruthlessness – with treachery, the burning of villages, killing of prisoners, torture, slavery, and cannibalism being commonplace.
Hongi Hika, who was later to lead Ngāpuhi raids across most of the northern North Island, saw two of his brothers killed in this debacle.
Hongi Hika actively sought muskets and other technology from the west. In 1814, as leader of the Ngāpuhi, Hongi went to Sydney and encouraged missionaries to establish themselves on his land. He went to England in March 1820 with the missionary Kendall. Here he met many people including at Cambridge the French adventurer Baron de Theirry with whom he completed a land for guns transaction. With the aid of a large musket based army Hongi Hika captured many slaves who were put to work producing cash crops that could be traded for muskets from passing ships. This gave the Ngāpuhi a huge advantage in subsequent wars, until other tribes also acquired muskets of their own. It is estimated that more than 18,500 Māori were killed out of a population of only about 100,000.

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Māori in Australia
A Māori Australian is an Australian of Māori heritage. In 2008, there were approximately 100,000 people with Māori ancestry living in Australia. Māori Australians constitute Australia's largest Polynesian ethnic group
Māori Australians are sometimes referred to (in a non-derogatory way) as "Maussies", "Ngāti Kangaru" or "Ngāti Skippy". "Ngāti" is a common prefix for the names of Māori iwi, suggesting that Māori Australians form a new overseas "tribe" (iwi) of Māori.
There was no known prehistoric contact between Australian Aboriginals and New Zealand Māori, although the Māori's Polynesian ancestors were accomplished navigators. The first Māori known to have visited Australia travelled to Sydney in European trading ships from 1795 onwards. Māori chiefs traded with Europeans in Australia, bringing back rare goods to New Zealand. An 1823 image of Sydney depicts the presence of Māori.
Māori generally benefited from the same immigration and voting rights as white New Zealanders in Australia, making them a notable exception to the White Australia policy. In 1902, with the Commonwealth Franchise Act, Māori residents in Australia were granted the right to vote, a right denied to Indigenous Australians. During that same period, their right to settle in Australia was facilitated by their shared status as British subjects.

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Māori people
The Māori (Māori pronunciation: [ˈmaːɔɾi], English: /ˈmaʊəri/) are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand. The Māori originated with settlers from eastern Polynesia, who arrived in New Zealand in several waves of canoe voyages at some time before 1300 CE. Over several centuries in isolation, the Polynesian settlers developed a unique culture that became known as the "Māori", with their own language, a rich mythology, distinctive crafts and performing arts. Early Māori formed tribal groups, based on eastern Polynesian social customs and organisation. Horticulture flourished using plants they introduced, and later a prominent warrior culture emerged.
The arrival of Europeans to New Zealand starting from the 17th century brought enormous change to the Māori way of life. Māori people gradually adopted many aspects of Western society and culture. Initial relations between Māori and Europeans were largely amicable, and with the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 the two cultures coexisted as part of a new British colony. Rising tensions over disputed land sales led to conflict in the 1860s. Social upheaval, decades of conflict and epidemics of introduced disease took a devastating toll on the Māori population, which went into a dramatic decline. But by the start of the 20th century the Māori population had begun to recover, and efforts were made to increase their standing in wider New Zealand society. Traditional Māori culture has enjoyed a revival, and a protest movement emerged in the 1960s advocating Māori issues.

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New Zealand wars
The New Zealand Wars, sometimes called the Land Wars and also once called the Māori Wars, were a series of armed conflicts that took place in New Zealand between 1845 and 1872. The wars were fought over a number of issues, the most prominent concerning Māori land being sold to the settler population.
The Treaty of Waitangi, signed in 1840, guaranteed that individual Māori iwi (tribes) should have undisturbed possession of their lands, forests, fisheries and other taonga (treasures) in return for becoming British subjects, selling land to the government only and surrendering sovereignty to the British Government. Historians have debated whether this last point was fully understood by chiefs due to the possible mistranslation of the word "sovereignty" in the treaty copies. The majority of Māori were keen to sign to consolidate peace and end the long inter-tribal Musket Wars 1807–1842. They were also very keen to acquire the technological culture of the British.
All pre-treaty colonial land-sale deals had been completed directly between the two parties. In the early period of contact, the Māori generally sought trade with Europeans. Mission stations were established, and missionaries received land for houses, schools, churches and farms.

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Tangata whenua
Tangata whenua is a Māori term of the indigenous peoples of New Zealand and literally means "people of the land", from tangata, 'people' and whenua land.
According to Williams' definitive Dictionary of the Māori Language, tangata means "man" or "human being", whilst tāngata (with the long ā) is the plural meaning "people"; tangata (without the macron) can also mean "people" in reference to a group with a singular identity. Whenua means both "land" and "placenta" (again referencing Williams, who lists five definitions). Unlike European thought where people own land, in Māori the land is regarded as a mother to the people. The relationship to land is not dissimilar to that of the foetus to the placenta. In addition, there are certain Māori rituals involving burying the afterbirth of a newborn in ancestral land, which may further shed light on the use of the word whenua for both land and placenta.
The indigenous peoples of New Zealand may be divided into three levels of kinship, on which traditional governance was based.

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Te Rauparaha
Te Rauparaha (1760s-1849) was a Māori rangatira (chief) and war leader of the Ngāti Toa tribe who took a leading part in the Musket Wars. He was influential in the original sale of conquered Rangitane land to the New Zealand Company and was a participant in the Wairau Incident in Marlborough. He was known as the Napoleon of the South Pacific.
From 1807, muskets became the weapon of choice and partly changed the character of tribal warfare. In 1819 Te Rauparaha joined with a large war party of Ngā Puhi led by Tāmati Wāka Nene; they probably reached Cook Strait before turning back.
Over the next few years the intertribal fighting intensified, and by 1822 Ngāti Toa and related tribes were being forced out of their land around Kāwhia after years of fighting with various Waikato tribes often led by Te Wherowhero. Led by Te Rauparaha they began a fighting retreat or migration southwards (this migration was called Te-Heke-Tahu-Tahu-ahi), conquering hapu and iwi as they went south, which ended with them controlling the southern part of the North Island and particularly the strategically placed Kapiti Island, which became the tribal stronghold.

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Argentina's call for return of Falklands causes a stir

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

06 Jan 2013

LONDON -- They have barely 3,000 inhabitants and far more sheep than people. They are more than 8,700 miles from London. For much of the year, they are bitterly cold and wind-swept, with only open sea and ice between them and Antarctica ... But the Falkland Islands, the focus of a short war between Britain and Argentina in 1982, have been in the headlines again recently ... Their arguments suggest what has long been evident ... Ms ... Mr ... Cameron said....(size: 5.1Kb)

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Indian Army soldiers patrol outside their army camp at Gurez, about 180 kilometers (113 miles) north of Srinagar, India, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011. Indian troops in Kashmir fought a deadly gunbattle with suspected rebels crossing the military Line of Control from Pakistani-controlled territory Saturday, the army said. One soldier and 11 suspected rebels were killed, army spokesman Lt. Col. J.S. Brar said, but only six suspected rebels' bodies were recovered. He said the other five bodies were lost when they fell into a river during the fighting in the disputed Himalayan region.

Pakistan accuses India of deadly cross-border raid

Herald Tribune

06 Jan 2013

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistani military is accusing forces from neighboring India of crossing the boundary between the two sides' forces in Kashmir and attacking a Pakistani border post, killing a soldier. The military's public relations office said in a statement Sunday that another Pakistani soldier was critically wounded in the incident early Sunday. They said troops are still exchanging gunfire in the area ... All rights reserved ... Parker ... ....(size: 4.3Kb)

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War and Any 'Vanity' Necessary

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07 Jan 2013

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Friend of Delhi gang-rape victim calls for protests to continue

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The Post-Crisis Crises

Project Syndicate

07 Jan 2013

NEW YORK – In the shadow of the euro crisis and America’s fiscal cliff, it is easy to ignore the global economy’s long-term problems. But, while we focus on immediate concerns, they continue to fester, and we overlook them at our peril. The most serious is global warming. While the global economy’s weak performance has led to a corresponding slowdown in the increase in carbon emissions, it amounts to only a short respite ... ....(size: 5.3Kb)

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Letter: Deepwater fishery

Stuff

07 Jan 2013

OPINION. Over 40 per cent of our fisheries resource is now owned by iwi. Ten years ago New Zealand vessels and crew were catching nearly 70 per cent of the deepwater catch (with minimal wastage) ... It is high time iwi invested in New Zealander-crewed vessels and started fishing sustainably for the future of their whanau. PETER DOLAMORE ... ....(size: 1.9Kb)

Alex Ariza takes us behind the scenes in Baguio and inside Camp Pacquiao

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07 Jan 2013

Tweet. 0 Email. Report. Photo 1 of 15. Alex Ariza takes us behind the scenes in Baguio and inside Camp Pacquiao Credit. Various sources ... Dyan Castillejo-ABS-CBN News)Alex Ariza takes us behind the scenes in Baguio and inside Camp Pacquiao (Photo ... 17 Photos ... LOL ... By ... The big question is, iwi-withdraw ba ng lalaki ang titi niya bago pumutok o ipuputok sa loob ni Kristine ang tamod nito? Ilang sandali lang ay bumibilis na ang pag-pump ng lalaki ... ....(size: 179.8Kb)

'Pa Wars' hosts fire shots over Maori job

Stuff

05 Jan 2013

Two non-Maori candidates have been short-listed for the position of Ngati Porou chief executive, sparking dissent within the tribe ... "We would like to express our distaste that Te Runanganui O Ngati Porou are even considering . ... "Special knowledge of the tikanga or kaupapa of a particular iwi could be a genuine occupational requirement that serves to limit applicants to those within the iwi," said public law expert, Nicholai Anderson ... ....(size: 3.3Kb)

What water means to me: It's us

Stuff

04 Jan 2013

I was born in Waitara, Taranaki and I have seen the changes in our water quality from what has been to what is happening now ... Assurances were given that it wouldn't harm the reefs where people gathered food ... The reefs were depleting ... It is only by their protests that iwi have been connected to the sewerage disposal system - 40 years after the court case ... ....(size: 2.0Kb)

What water means to me

Stuff

03 Jan 2013

The Maori Council and Waikato River iwi took a case to court earlier this year to halt the Government's plans to partially sell Mighty River Power until water rights issues were resolved. The bid was rejected, but iwi were granted leave ......(size: 1.3Kb)

Firing up Maori economic engine

NZ Herald

03 Jan 2013

The departing head of the Maori Development Ministry says Maori business has transformed in the past decade, and iwi are no longer considered a risk to the NZ economy ... He said that when the Tainui iwi made several poor investments after its historic Treaty of Waitangi deal in 1995, many New Zealanders questioned whether Maori should be granted settlements....(size: 5.1Kb)

Editorial: Sales stalled long enough by water case

NZ Herald

01 Jan 2013

The Maori Council has failed to persuade a High Court judge that a partial sale of a power company would prejudice iwi claims to river water and a geothermal resource ... It is about whether the ownership of dams and power stations will make it harder for iwi to be compensated if they ever convince a government they own the water ... Iwi and hapu that can ......(size: 3.6Kb)

Our beaches: Summer hot spot rich in history

NZ Herald

01 Jan 2013

It's morning in Whitianga ... A young couple stroll along Buffalo Beach, serenaded by the clatter of cockle shells as small waves whip themselves against the shore ... Those in the waka Te Arawa who later settled here became the iwi Ngati Hei, whose numbers have dwindled to around 300 ... A rock where iwi gathered mussel from was similarly named Nga Erukehu ... Buffalo Beach. Location ... The number of traditional iwi Ngati Hei now sits at around 300 ... By....(size: 11.0Kb)

New Year Honours: Sir Mark Solomon

NZ Herald

31 Dec 2012

His first task was to sign off his iwi's $170 million Treaty settlement with the Crown ... The successes of the iwi's commercial arm are often touted but Sir Mark says he is particularly proud of the tribe's achievements in education and encouraging his people to join the iwi's saving scheme, which pays out distributions from the iwi's holding company ......(size: 2.0Kb)

Our beaches: Surf, sand, spirituality - Wainui Beach has it all

NZ Herald

31 Dec 2012

In the second of a six-part journey across some of our most beloved beach destinations, reporter Jamie Morton and photographer Alan Gibson travel to Gisborne's world-famous Wainui. A cool Pacific breeze is blowing through David Timbs' airy seaside commode ... Call it a Wainui state of mind ... With her academic background and her whakapapa to iwi Te Aitanga a Hauiti, she considered herself a kaitiaki, or guardian, of Wainui ... Wainui Beach ... By. ....(size: 11.5Kb)

New Year Honours: Sir Mark Soloman

NZ Herald

30 Dec 2012

Maori Affairs Minister on New Year’s Honours recipients

Scoop

30 Dec 2012

Mark has been a staunch advocate of iwi development, and with his highly attuned business acumen has been part of the cohort of iwi leaders who have raised the profile of Maori business on the global stage.” ... “Awarded with Queen Service Medals are Constable John Tangaere, Iwi Liaison Officer based in the Hawkes Bay; Gregory Makutu, ......(size: 5.2Kb)

Waimarama - a place of myth and Maori legend

NZ Herald

30 Dec 2012

From the east coast's endless expanses of soft white sand to the rugged beauty of the west coast, New Zealand's beaches remain among our greatest treasures ... Waimarama, say its tangata whenua, is a place of myth ... Bones from ancient battles sometimes surface even after hundreds of years ... The ancient fortress that overlooks the area and one of several great east coast battlements once occupied by the Rangitane people at the iwi's height ... ....(size: 10.9Kb)

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This article is about the Māori social unit. For the Israeli weapons manufacturer, see Israel Weapon Industries.

In New Zealand society, iwi (Māori pronunciation: [ˈiwi]) form the largest social units in Māori culture. The word iwi means "'peoples' or 'nations'.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] In "the work of European writers which treat iwi and hapū as parts of a hierarchical structure", it has been used to mean "tribe",^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9] or confederation of tribes, however "peoples" is considered a "better gloss" because "it avoids the structural connotations" of the tribal terms.^[10] Anthropological research^[11] identifies the "lack of precision" nineteenth-century Europeans had when defining communities new to them resulting in "confusion about Māori social structure" (p. 56). Further, the author indicates that most Māori in pre-European times gave their primary allegiance to relatively small groups such as hapū ("clans"^[10]) and whānau ("extended families"^[12]).

1 Naming
2 Structure
3 Iwi and politics
4 Iwi radio
5 Well-known iwi groups
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

Naming [link]

In Māori, iwi literally means "bone". Māori may refer to returning home after travelling or living elsewhere as "going back to the bones" — literally to the burial-areas of the ancestors. Māori author Keri Hulme named her best-known (1985 Booker Prize) novel The Bone People, a title linked directly to the dual meaning of bone and "tribal people".

Many names of iwi begin with Ngāti or with Ngāi (from ngā āti and ngā ai, both meaning roughly "the offspring of"). Ngāti has become a productive morpheme in New Zealand English to refer to groups of people: Ngāti Pākehā (Pākehā as a group), Ngāti Poneke (Māori who have migrated into the Wellington region), Ngati Ranana (Māori living in London), Ngāti Tūmatauenga, "Tribe of Tūmatauenga" (the god of war) — (the official Māori-language name of the New Zealand Army).

Structure [link]

Iwi groups trace their ancestry to the original Polynesian migrants who, according to tradition, arrived from Hawaiki. In turn, some iwi cluster into even larger groupings based on genealogical tradition, known as waka (literally: "canoes", with reference to the original migration voyages), but these super-groupings generally serve symbolic rather than practical functions. Each iwi has a number of hapū ("sub-tribes"). For example, the Ngāti Whātua iwi has hapū including Te Uri-o-Hau, Te Roroa, Te Taou, and Ngāti Whātua ki Ōrākei.

Iwi and politics [link]

In modern-day New Zealand, iwi groups may exercise significant political power in the recovery and management of land and of other assets. (Note for example the 1997 settlement between the New Zealand Government and Ngāi Tahu, compensating that iwi for various losses of the rights guaranteed under the Treaty of Waitangi of 1840.) Iwi affairs can have a very real impact on New Zealand politics and society. A 2004 attempt by some iwi to test in court their ownership of the seabed and foreshore areas, polarised public opinion (see New Zealand foreshore and seabed controversy).

Each iwi has a generally recognised territory (rohe), but many of these overlap, sometimes completely.^[13] This has added a layer of complication to the long-running discussions and court cases about how to resolve historical Treaty-claims. The length of coastline emerged as one factor in the final (2004) legislation to allocate fishing-rights in settlement of claims relating to commercial fisheries.

Self-determination [link]

Iwi can become a prospective vehicle for ideas and ideals of self-determination and/or tino rangatiratanga. Thus the "Rules of the Maori Party" (Māori Party Constitution) mentions in its preamble "the dreams and aspirations of tangata whenua to achieve self-determination for whānau, hapū and iwi within their own land".^[14] Some Tūhoe envisage self-determination in specifically iwi-oriented terms.^[15]

Problems of identification [link]

Increasing urbanisation of Māori has led to a situation where a significant percentage do not identify with an iwi. The following extract from a 2000 High Court of New Zealand judgment (discussing the process of settling fishing-rights) illustrates some of the issues:

... 81 percent of Māori now live in urban areas, at least one-third live outside their tribal influence, more than one-quarter do not know their iwi or for some reason do not choose to affiliate with it, at least 70 percent live outside the traditional tribal territory and these will have difficulties, which in many cases will be severe, in both relating to their tribal heritage and in accessing benefits from the settlement. It is also said that many Māori reject tribal affiliation because of a working class unemployed attitude, defiance and frustration. Related but less important factors, are that a hapu may belong to more than one iwi, a particular hapu may have belonged to different iwi at different times, the tension caused by the social and economic power moving from the iwi down rather than from the hapu up, and the fact that many iwi do not recognise spouses and adoptees who do not have kinship links.^[16]

In the 2006 census, 16 percent of the 643,977 people who claimed Māori ancestry did not know their iwi. Another 11% did not state their iwi, or only stated a general geographical region or merely gave a canoe-name.^[17] The proportion who "don’t know" dropped relative to the previous censuses,^[17] perhaps helped by measures such as the "Iwi Helpline".

Pan-tribalism [link]

Some established pan-tribal organizations may also undercut the otherwise important iwi. The Ratana Church, for example. operates across iwi divisions, and the Māori King Movement aims to transcend some iwi functions in a wider grouping.

Iwi radio [link]

Many iwi operate bilingual English and Māori radio stations targeting local members and others. Programming on these stations is funded by Te Māngai Pāho and include national and local news coverage, music, educational programming, comedy, drama and programmes which teach te reo. These stations update listeners on iwi news and events, and promote Māori language and culture.

The iwi stations are, from North to South:

Te Hiku O Te Ika (94.4FM) - Kaitaia
Radio Tautoko (90.8FM, 98.2FM, 92.8FM) - Mangamuka
Ngāti Hine FM (99.5FM, 96.4FM) - Whangarei
Radio Waatea (603AM) - South Auckland
Nga Iwi FM (99.5FM, 92.2FM) - Paeroa
Radio Tainui (95.4FM, 96.3FM, 96.5FM) - Ngaruawahia
Moana AM (1440AM, 98.2FM) - Tauranga
Maniapoto FM (91.9FM, 92.7FM, 96.5FM, 99.6FM) - Te Kuiti
Te Reo Irirangi o Te Mānuka Tātahi (98.4FM, 96.9FM) - Whakatane
Te Arawa FM (89FM) - Rotorua
Raukawa FM (90.6 FM, 95.7 FM) - Tokoroa
Te Korimako O Taranaki (94.8FM) - New Plymouth
Tuwharetoa FM (97.2FM, 95.1FM) - Turangi
Radio Ngāti Porou (585AM, 89.3FM, 90.1FM, 93.3FM, 98.1FM, 105.3FM) - Ruatoria
Turanga FM (91.7FM, 95.5FM) - Gisborne
Radio Kahungunu (765AM, 94.3FM) - Hastings
Awa FM (100FM, 91.2FM, 93.5FM) - Wanganui
Kia Ora FM (89.8FM) - Palmerston North
Atiawa Toa FM (96.9FM, 94.9FM) - Lower Hutt
Te Upoko O Te Ika (1161AM) - Wellington
Tahu FM (90.5FM, 91.1FM, 95FM, 99.6FM, Sky digital 105) - Christchurch

Well-known iwi groups [link]

Main article: List of Māori iwi

Prominent iwi include:

Ngāi Tahu or "Kāi Tahu" (based in the south of New Zealand - most of the South Island.)
Ngā Puhi (the largest iwi, with over 100,000 people stating their affiliation to it in the 2001 census; based in Northland)
Ngāti Kahungunu - Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa
Ngāti Maniapoto (based in the Waikato–Waitomo region)
Ngāti Porou - Gisborne–East Cape
Ngāti Tama (based in Taranaki and Wellington)
Ngāti Toa (based in Porirua, having migrated from Kawhia in the 1820s under the leadership of Te Rauparaha)
Ngāti Ruanui (based in the Taranaki region)
Ngāti Whātua (based in and north of Auckland - notably Bastion Point in Orakei)
Tainui (based in the Waikato region)
Te Arawa (Bay of Plenty) - with several subtribes
Te Ātiawa - Taranaki and Lower Hutt
Tūhoe (Urewera/Whakatane)
Ngāti Tūwharetoa (based in the central North Island)
Whakatohea (based in the Opotiki district)

References [link]

^ Back cover: Ballara, A. (1998). Iwi: The dynamics of Māori tribal organisation from c.1769 to c.1945. Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University Press.
^ See also: Durie, A. (1999). Emancipatory Māori education: Speaking from the heart. In S. May (Ed.), Indigenous community education (pp. 67-78). Philadelphia, PA: Multilingual Matters.
^ See also: Healey, S. M. (2006). The nature of the relationship of the Crown in New Zealand with iwi Māori. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
^ See also: Sharp, A. (1999). What if value and rights lie foundationally in groups? The Maori case. Critical Review of International, Social and Political Philosophy, 2(2), 1–28.
^ Taylor, R. (1848). A leaf from the natural history of New Zealand, or, A vocabulary of its different productions, &c., &c., with their native names. Retrieved from [1]
^ White, J. (1887). The ancient history of the Maori, his mythology and traditions. Retrieved from [2]
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^ ^a ^b Ballara (1998, p. 17)
^ Ballara, Angela (1998). Iwi: The dynamics of Māori tribal organisation from c.1769 to c.1945. Wellington: Victoria University Press. ISBN 0-86473-328-3.
^ Ballara (1998, p. 164)
^ Waitangi Tribunal - About the Reports
^ "The Rules of the Maori Party". The Māori Party. http://www.maoriparty.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1056&Itemid=94. Retrieved 2008-09-07. "The Maori Party is born of the dreams and aspirations of tangata whenua to achieve self-determination for whānau, hapū and iwi within their own land; to speak with a strong, independent and united voice; and to live according to kaupapa handed down by our ancestors. The vision for the Maori Party will be based on these aspirations [...]"
^ Tahana, Yvonne (2008-08-09). "Tuhoe leader backs self rule". The New Zealand Herald (Auckland: APN). http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10526089. Retrieved 2008-09-07. "Calls from Maori activist Tame Iti for self-government arrangements for the Tuhoe tribe similar to those Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have in the UK have been backed by a leader likely to negotiate the tribe's Treaty settlement. ... While other iwi have focused on economic transfer of assets as a way of achieving tino rangatiratanga or self-determination, Tuhoe have spelled out their intention to negotiate constitutional issues."
^ "Paterson J noted the changes in Maori society since 1840, and in particular urbanisation, which, it had been submitted, meant that an allocation to iwi would not deliver the benefits of the settlement to the beneficiaries. He said (at 320-321)", from 2000
^ ^a ^b Table 30, QuickStats About Māori, 2006 Census. Wellington: Statistics New Zealand.

External links [link]

Map of tribal areas
Te Kāhui Māngai - Directory of Iwi and Māori Organisations
Urban Māori article in The New Zealand Herald (details on the creation and rationale for the National Urban Māori Authority)
Tribal organisation in Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand

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See also: Māori Wikipedia

v t e List of Māori iwi

Northern iwi	Ngāi Takoto • Ngāpuhi • Ngāti Whātua • Ngāpuhi ki Whaingaroa • Ngāti Kahu • Ngāti Kurī • Ngāti Wai • Te Aupōuri • Te Kawerau • Te Rarawa • Te Roroa

Waikato-Tainui iwi	Ngāi Tai (Ngāti Tai) • Ngāti Hako • Ngāti Hauā • Ngāti Hei • Ngāti Huia • Ngāti Mahuta • Ngāti Maniapoto• Ngāti Maru •Ngāti Paoa • Ngāti Whānaunga • Ngāti Pūkenga ki Waiau • Patukirikiri • Ngāti Rāhiri Tumutumu • Ngāti Tamaterā • Ngāti Tara Tokanui • Ngāti Te Ata • Waikato Tauranga Moana tribes: Ngāi Te Rangi • Ngāti Pūkenga • Ngāti Ranginui

West coast iwi	Ngā Rauru (Ngāti Rauru) • Ngā Ruahine • Tangahoe • Taranaki • Ngā Ruanui • Ngāti Hau • Ngāti Hauiti • Ngāti Mutunga • Ngāti Ruanui • Ngāti Tama‡ • Pakakohi • Ngāti Maru •Poutini • Te Āti Awa‡

Te Arawa iwi	Ngāti Pikiao • Ngāti Rangiteaorere • Tuhourangi • Uenuku-Kopako • Ngāti Rangitihi • Ngāti Tūwharetoa• Tapuika • Ngāti Tarawhai • Ngāti Rangiwewehi • Ngāti Tahu • Ngāti Whakaue

Mataatua iwi	Ngāi Tūhoe • Ngāti Awa • Ngāti Manawa • Ngāti Whare • Te Whakatōhea

East coast iwi	Ngāriki Kaiputahi (Ngā Ariki) • Ngāi Tāmanuhiri (Ngāti Tāmanuhiri) • Ngāti Porou • Ngāti Ruapani • Ngāti Tutekohe • Rongowhakaata • Te Āti Haunui-a-Paparangi • Ngāti Rongomaiwahine • Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti • Te Whānau-ā-Apanui • Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki

Ngati Kahungunu	Ngāti Kahungunu

Southern iwi	Muaūpoko • Ngāti Raukawa • Ngāti Toa (Ngāti Toarangatira) • Ngāti Apa • Rangitāne (Ngati Rangitane)

South Island iwi	Ngāi Tahu (Kāi Tahu) • Kāti Mamoe • Waitaha • Ngāti Koata • Ngāti Kuia • Ngāti Rarua • Ngāti Tama‡ • Te Āti Awa‡

Urban "pan-tribal" iwi	Ngāti Ākarana • Ngāti Poneke • Ngati Ranana

‡ Tribes that are located in both the North and South Island

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