Māori New Zealanders

Learn about New Zealand’s Māori people, who define themselves as iwi (tribes), by descent from the crew of voyaging canoes or other illustrious ancestors.

Over the centuries the tribes have adapted to new circumstances. Some have combined, while others have divided, and they have moved from place to place in the country known to Māori as Aotearoa.

Today, tribal groups support their members in urban centres as well as in their traditional regions.

Discover the people who made New Zealand home

› Hauraki tribes

› Māori overseas

› Marutūahu tribes

› Moriori

› Muaūpoko

› Muriwhenua tribes

› Ngāpuhi

› Ngā Rauru Kītahi

› Ngāi Tahu

› Ngāi Tūhoe

› Ngāti Apa

› Ngāti Awa

› Ngāti Kahungunu

› Ngāti Maniapoto

› Ngāti Porou

› Ngāti Raukawa

› Ngāti Rongomaiwahine

› Ngāti Ruanui

› Ngāti Toarangatira

› Ngāti Tūwharetoa

› Ngāti Whātua

› Rangitāne

› Tāmaki tribes

› Taranaki

› Tauranga Moana tribes

› Te Arawa

› Te Āti Awa of Taranaki

› Te Āti Awa of Wellington

› Te Tau Ihu tribes

› Te Whakatōhea

› Te Whānau-ā-Apanui

› Tūranganui-a-Kiwa tribes

› Urban Māori

› Waikato

› Whanganui tribes

› Whāngārei tribes