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Ngāti

1. (personal noun) Prefix for a tribal group, now written as a separate word, e.g. Ngāti Maniapoto.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 43;)

Ko Ngāti Te Kanawa he hapū nō Ngāti Maniapoto; arā ko ngā uri o Te Kanawa (M 2004:304). / Ngāti Te Kanawa is a sub-tribe of Ngāti Maniapoto; and they are the descendants of Te Kanawa.

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Ngāti Amaru

1. (personal noun) tribal group south of the lower Waikato river.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 117;)

Ngāti Apakura

1. (personal noun) tribal group of the Te Awamutu area.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 117;)

Ngāti Apa

1. (personal noun) tribal group south of the Whangaehu River in the vicinity of the Rangitīkei River. Also located across Cook Strait in parts of the northern South Island.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 89, 113;)

Ngāti Awa

1. (personal noun) tribal group of the Whakatāne and Te Teko areas.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 42;)

Ngāti Hikairo

1. (personal noun) tribal group of the area between Pirongia mountain and Kāwhia Harbour.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 117;)

Ngāti Kahungunu

1. (personal noun) tribal group of the southern North Island east of the ranges from the area of Nūhaka and Wairoa to southern Wairarapa.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 89;)

Ngāti Koata

1. (personal noun) tribal group of Rangitoto (D'Urville Island) of the northern South Island.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 113;)

Ngāti Korokī

1. (personal noun) tribal group of the Cambridge-Maungatautari area.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 117;)

Ngāti Kuia

1. (personal noun) tribal group of parts of the Marlborough Sounds area.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 113;)

Ngāti Mahuta

1. (personal noun) tribal group of the Huntly and Kāwhia areas.

(Te Pihinga Teachers' Manual (Ed. 2): 117;)

Ngāti Māmoe

1. (personal noun) tribal group which was largely replaced by Ngāi Tahu through intermarriage and conquest. Sometimes known as Kāti Māmoe in the local dialect.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 113;)

Ngāti Maniapoto

1. (personal noun) tribal group of the King Country area.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 42;)

Ngāti Maru

1. (personal noun) tribal group of the Thames and Hauraki Plains area.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 42;)


2. (personal noun) tribal group of Taumarunui and the area southwest of there and to the west of the upper Whanganui River.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 89;)

Ngāti Mutunga

1. (personal noun) tribal group of the west coast of the North Island north of the Waitara river and the Chatham Islands.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 89, 113;)

Ngāti Paoa

1. (personal noun) tribal group of area west of the Hauraki Gulf.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 42;)

Ngāti Porou

1. (personal noun) tribal group of East Coast area north of Gisborne to Tihirau.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 42;)

Ngāti Ranginui

1. (personal noun) tribal group of the Tauranga area.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 42;)

Ngāti Rārua

1. (personal noun) tribal group of parts of the Tasman Bay-Marlborough Sounds area.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 113;)

Ngāti Raukawa

1. (personal noun) tribal group from the Maungatautari-Tokoroa area. Some migrated from there with Te Rauparaha to the Ōtaki area.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 88-89;)

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