Ngā Rauru
1. (personal noun) tribal group of the Waitōtara-Whanganui area.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 89;)
Ko ngā kupu o te waiata, ko ngā whakamārama hoki he mea kohikohi mai e ia i ngā iwi o te rohe o Taranaki, i a Ngā Rauru, i a Ngāti Ruanui (M 2006:418). / He collected the words of the song and the explanations from the tribes of the Taranaki district, from the Ngā Rauru and Ngāti Ruanui tribes.