Ngāti Tahu - Ngāti Whaoa

Ngāti Tahu - Ngāti Whaoa is a Māori iwi of New Zealand[1][2] who are the descendants of Tahu Matua.[3]

Ngāti Tahu / Ngāti Whaoa
Iwi (tribe) in Māoridom

Tahu Matua arrived here in Aotearoa before the arrival of the seven waka from Hawaiki.

Our Tupuna Whaoa is some generations younger. Whaoa descends from Tahu matua on his mother’s side, Hinewai, and he descends from Atuamatua on his father’s side, Paengatu. As a tribe, we derive our name from our ancestors Tahu matua and Whaoa.

Through successive generations of inter-marriage with neighbouring iwi, our tribal members also trace descent from ancestors who arrived on the Arawa, Mataatua and Tainui waka.

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. Paul Tapsell. "Te Ara iwi profile". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  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.


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