He iwi nui a Ngāti Maniapoto , kei te rohe o Tainui e noho ana. Ko Tainui te waka. I te tau 2001 27,168 te tokomaha o ngā tāngata i hono atu ki Ngāti Maniapoto. Ka whakapapa atu a Ngāti Maniapoto ki te tūpuna Maniapoto, tētehi rangatira o Tainui. I mōhio whānuitia mō tōna matatau ki te whawhai, ki te mau taiaha hoki.