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.
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;)