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Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa
Iwi (tribe) in Māoridom
Waka (canoe) Tākitimu
Population25,026 (2018) [1]

Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa is a tribal division within the Māori iwi (tribe) of Ngāti Kahungunu in New Zealand's Hawke's Bay Region. [2] It consists of a number of hapū (sub-tribes) located within a rohe (tribal area) south of the Wharerata Ranges at Poverty Bay, including the modern day Wairoa District. [2] [3]

Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa is the most northern of the six divisions within the tribe, and one of three main tribal divisions. [2] The others, from north to south, are Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Whanganui-a-Orotu, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Tamatea, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Tamakinui a Rua and Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa. [3]

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References

  1. ^ "Iwi affiliation (estimated count), for the Maori descent usually resident population, 2018". stats.govt.nz. Tatauranga Aotearoa.
  2. ^ a b c "TKM". tkm.govt.nz. Te Puni Kōkiri.
  3. ^ a b "TKM Ngāti Kahungunu". tkm.govt.nz. Te Puni Kōkiri.