# List of iwi

This is a list of iwi (New Zealand Māori tribes).

## List of iwi

This list includes groups recognised as iwi (tribes) in certain contexts. Many are also hapū (sub-tribes) of larger iwi.
Moriori are included on this list. Although they are distinct from the Māori people, they have common ancestry with them.
| Name | Regions of rohe (tribal area) | Waka (canoe) | 2001 population | 2006 population | 2013 population | 2018 population |
| Ahuriri (part of Ngāti Kahungunu) | Hawke's Bay | Tākitimu | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Heretaunga Tamatea (grouping) | Hawke's Bay | Tākitimu | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Kāti Māmoe | Canterbury, Otago, Southland, West Coast, Marlborough, Tasman | Tākitimu | 2,262 | 2,880 | 3,111 | 3,792 |
| Maungaharuru Tangitū (part of Ngāti Kahungunu) | Hawke's Bay | Tākitimu | n/a | n/a | n/a | 180 |
| Moriori | Chatham Islands | Unknown | 585 | 942 | 738 | 996 |
| Muaūpoko | Manawatū-Whanganui, Wellington | Kurahaupō | 1,836 | 2,499 | 2,694 | 3,375 |
| Ngā Pōtiki / Ngā Pōtiki ā Tamapahore | Bay of Plenty | Mātaatua, Tainui | n/a | n/a | n/a | 249 |
| Ngā Rauru | Taranaki, Manawatū-Whanganui | Te Rangiuamutu, Aotea, Motumotuahi, Pangatoru, Te Kōhatuwhenua, Te Rangiuamutu / Tairea, Te Wakaringaringa | 3,090 | 4,047 | 4,179 | 5,568 |
| Ngā Wairiki Ngāti Apa | Manawatū-Whanganui | Kurahaupō | 1,458 | 2,385 | 2,970 | 4,131 |
| Ngāi Tahu / Kāi Tahu | Canterbury, Otago, Southland, West Coast, Marlborough, Tasman | Tākitimu, Arahura, Āraiteuru | 39,180 | 49,185 | 54,819 | 74,082 |
| Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki | Auckland, Waikato | Tainui | 177 | 339 | 498 | 693 |
| Ngāi Takoto | Northland | Kurahaupō | 489 | 771 | 1,113 | 1,680 |
| Ngāi Tāmanuhiri | Gisborne | Takitimu, Horouta | 1,173 | 1,662 | 1,719 | 2,163 |
| Ngāi Te Ohuake | Hawke's Bay, Manawatū-Whanganui | Tākitimu | n/a | n/a | n/a | 171 |
| Ngāi Te Rangi | Bay of Plenty | Mātaatua | 9,561 | 12,198 | 12,924 | 17,205 |
| Ngāitai | Bay of Plenty | Tainui | 2,022 | 2,313 | 2,301 | 2,805 |
| Ngāpuhi / Ngāti Kahu ki Whaingaroa (part of Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Kahu) | Northland | Tinana | 1,965 | 1,746 | 2,049 | 4,740 |
| Ngāpuhi | Northland | Māmari, Ngātokimatawhaorua, Māhūhū, Ruakaramea, Tainui, Matawhaorua, Mātaatua, Matahourua | 102,981 | 122,214 | 125,601 | 165,201 |
| Ngāruahine | Taranaki | Aotea | 3,228 | 3,723 | 4,80 | 6,678 |
| Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō | Tasman, Nelson, West Coast, Marlborough | Kurahaupō | 375 | 741 | 846 | 1,197 |
| Ngāti Awa | Bay of Plenty | Mātaatua | 13,044 | 15,258 | 16,182 | 21,486 |
| Ngāti Hako | Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty | Unknown | 924 | 1,377 | 1,392 | 1,929 |
| Ngāti Hāua | Manawatū-Whanganui | Tainui | 618 | 819 | 867 | 1,299 |
| Ngāti Hauā | Waikato | Tainui | 3,840 | 4,923 | 5,598 | 7,275 |
| Ngāti Hauiti | Manawatū-Whanganui | Tākitimu | 1,002 | 1,038 | 1,029 | 1,407 |
| Ngāti Hei | Waikato | Arawa | 363 | 558 | 513 | 630 |
| Ngāti Hikairo (part of Waikato-Tainui) | Waikato | Tainui | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1,845 |
| Ngāti Hinerangi | Waikato, Bay of Plenty | Unknown | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ngāti Hineuru | Hawke's Bay, Waikato | Tākitimu | n/a | n/a | n/a | 390 |
| Ngāti Hine (part of Ngāpuhi) / Ngati Hau | Northland | Māmari, Ngātokimatawhaorua, Māhūhū, Ruakaramea, Tainui, Matawhaorua | n/a | n/a | n/a | 9,384 |
| Ngāti Kahu | Northland | Mamaru | 6,957 | 8,313 | 8,580 | 11,577 |
| Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa (part of Ngāti Kahu) | Northland | Mamaru | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ngāti Kahungunu | Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Waikato | Tākitimu | 29,244 | 40,764 | 43,515 | 62,967 |
| Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga (part of Ngāti Kahungunu) | Hawke's Bay, Waikato | Tākitimu | 6,912 | 9,525 | 10,902 | 21,318 |
| Ngāti Kahungunu ki Tamakinui a Rua (part of Ngāti Kahungunu) | Hawke's Bay, Waikato | Tākitimu | 249 | 423 | 528 | 1,077 |
| Ngāti Kahungunu ki Tamatea (part of Ngāti Kahungunu) | Hawke's Bay, Waikato | Tākitimu | 588 | 720 | 744 | 1,902 |
| Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Whanganui-a-Orotu (part of Ngāti Kahungunu) | Hawke's Bay, Waikato | Tākitimu | 1,704 | 1,674 | 1,905 | 2,130 |
| Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa (part of Ngāti Kahungunu) | Hawke's Bay, Waikato | Tākitimu | 14,661 | 20,982 | 21,060 | 25,026 |
| Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa (part of Ngāti Kahungunu) | Wellington | Tākitimu | 5,130 | 7,440 | 8,376 | 11,514 |
| Ngāti Kauwhata | Manawatū-Whanganui | Tainui | n/a | n/a | 1,401 | 1,734 |
| Ngāti Kea / Ngāti Tuarā | Waikato, Bay of Plenty | Arawa | n/a | n/a | n/a | 435 |
| Ngāti Koata | Marlborough | Tainui | 765 | 1,062 | 1,341 | 1,842 |
| Ngāti Korokī Kahukura | Waikato | Tainui | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1,500 |
| Ngāti Kuia | Marlborough | Te Hoiere | 1,224 | 1,551 | 1,794 | 2,745 |
| Ngāti Kurī | Northland | Kurahaupō | 4,647 | 5,754 | 6,492 | 8,994 |
| Ngāti Mākino | Bay of Plenty | Arawa | n/a | n/a | n/a | 591 |
| Ngāti Manawa | Bay of Plenty | Mātaatua | 1,542 | 1,941 | 2,253 | 2,928 |
| Ngāti Maniapoto | Waikato, Manawatū-Whanganui, Taranaki | Tainui | 27,168 | 33,627 | 35,361 | 45,930 |
| Ngāti Manuhiri | Auckland | Moekākara, Tainui | n/a | n/a | n/a | 297 |
| Ngāti Maru (Hauraki) | Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty | Aotea, Tokomaru, Tainui | 2,604 | 3,372 | 3,765 | 5,331 |
| Ngāti Maru (Taranaki) / Te Iwi o Maruwharanui | Taranaki, Manawatū-Whanganui | Aotea, Tokomaru, Tainui | 600 | 735 | 85 | 1,608 |
| Ngāti Mutunga | Taranaki | Tokomaru | 2,019 | 3,480 | 4,155 | 6,159 |
| Ngāti Mutunga (Taranaki) (part of Ngāti Mutunga) | Taranaki | Tokomaru | 1,206 | 2,091 | 2,514 | 3,486 |
| Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri (part of Ngāti Mutunga) | Chatham Islands | Tokomaru | 813 | 1,389 | 1,641 | 2,271 |
| Ngāti Pāhauwera | Hawke's Bay | Tākitimu | n/a | 1,761 | 2,331 | 3,030 |
| Ngāti Pāoa | Auckland, Waikato | Tainui | 2,397 | 3,375 | 3,456 | 4,803 |
| Ngāti Pikiao | Bay of Plenty | Arawa | 5,022 | 7,389 | 8,001 | 9,264 |
| Ngāti Porou ki Hauraki / Ngati Porou ki Harataunga ki Mataora | Waikato | Horouta | 591 | 1,173 | 1,647 | 2,076 |
| Ngāti Porou | Gisborne | Horouta, Nuku-tai-memeha, Nukutere | 61,701 | 71,907 | 71,049 | 92,349 |
| Ngāti Pūkenga ki Waiau | Waikato | Mātaatua | 273 | 480 | 594 | 780 |
| Ngāti Pūkenga | Bay of Plenty | Mātaatua | 1,137 | 1,788 | 2,175 | 2,949 |
| Ngāti Rāhiri Tumutumu | Waikato | Mātaatua | 93 | 195 | 249 | 375 |
| Ngāti Rākaipaaka | Hawke's Bay | Tākitimu | n/a | 1,485 | 1,317 | 1,884 |
| Ngāti Rangi | Manawatū-Whanganui | Matahourua | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1,452 |
| Ngāti Ranginui | Bay of Plenty | Tākitimu | 6,120 | 7,644 | 8,967 | 11,967 |
| Ngāti Rangiteaorere | Bay of Plenty | Arawa | 177 | 456 | 435 | 456 |
| Ngāti Rangitihi | Bay of Plenty | Arawa | 1,041 | 1,536 | 2,298 | 2,469 |
| Ngāti Rangiwewehi | Bay of Plenty | Arawa | 1,551 | 2,349 | 2,835 | 3,021 |
| Ngāti Rārua | West Coast, Marlborough | Tainui | 699 | 954 | 981 | 1,380 |
| Ngāti Raukawa | Waikato, Manawatū-Whanganui | Tainui | 16,263 | 21,399 | 25,188 | 35,943 |
| Ngāti Raukawa (Waikato) (part of Ngāti Raukawa) | Waikato | Tainui | 5,175 | 8,166 | 10,053 | 8,631 |
| Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga (part of Ngāti Raukawa) | Manawatū-Whanganui | Tainui | 11,088 | 13,233 | 15,135 | 22,854 |
| Ngāti Rehua (part of Ngāti Wai) | Auckland | Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi, Ruakaramea | n/a | n/a | n/a | 372 |
| Ngāti Rongomai | Bay of Plenty | Arawa | n/a | n/a | n/a | 606 |
| Ngāti Ruanui | Taranaki | Kurahaupō, Tākitimu, Aotea, Te Rangiuamutu, Motumotuahi, Pangatoru, Te Kōhatuwhenua, Te Rangiuamutu / Tairea, Te Wakaringaringa | 5,286 | 7,035 | 7,260 | 9,606 |
| Ngāti Ruapani / Ngāti Ruapani ki Waikaremoana | Hawke's Bay | Tākitimu | n/a | n/a | n/a | 930 |
| Ngāti Tahu – Ngāti Whaoa | Waikato, Bay of Plenty | Arawa | 1,209 | 1,488 | 1,638 | 2,463 |
| Ngāi Tāhuhu | Auckland, Northland | Tūnui-ā-rangi | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ngāti Tama | Manawatū-Whanganui, Taranaki, Wellington, Tasman, Nelson, Marlborough | Tokomaru | 2,040 | 1,758 | 1,932 | 3,192 |
| Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu (part of Ngāti Tama) | Tasman, Nelson, Marlborough | Tokomaru | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ngāti Tama ki Te Upoko o Te Ika (part of Ngāti Tama) | Wellington | Tokomaru | n/a | 207 | 219 | 258 |
| Ngāti Tama Kopiri (part of Ngāti Tama) | Manawatū-Whanganui | Tokomaru | 870 | n/a | n/a | 249 |
| Ngāti Tama ki Taranaki (part of Ngāti Tama) | Taranaki | Tokomaru | 777 | 1167 | 1,335 | 1,920 |
| Ngāti Tama ki Te Waipounamu (part of Ngāti Tama) | Tasman, Nelson, Marlborough | Tokomaru | 393 | 384 | 378 | 558 |
| Ngāti Tamaoho (part of Waikato-Tainui) | Auckland, Waikato | Tainui | n/a | n/a | n/a | 519 |
| Ngāti Tamakōpiri | Manawatū-Whanganui, Waikato | Tākitimu | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ngāti Tamaterā | Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty | Tainui | 1,866 | 2,457 | 2,577 | 3,189 |
| Ngāti Tara Tokanui | Waikato, Bay of Plenty | Tainui | 330 | 492 | 540 | 834 |
| Ngāti Tarāwhai | Bay of Plenty | Arawa | 114 | 243 | 282 | 417 |
| Ngāti Te Ata | Auckland | Te Wakatūwhenua, Moekākara, Tainui, Arawa | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1,611 |
| Ngāti Tiipa (part of Waikato-Tainui) | Waikato | Tainui | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1,425 |
| Ngāti Toarangatira | Wellington, Tasman, Nelson, Marlborough | Tainui | 2,901 | 3,642 | 4,779 | 5,943 |
| Ngāti Toarangatira ki Te Waipounamu (part of Ngāti Toarangatira) | Tasman, Nelson, Marlborough | Tainui | 138 | 183 | 321 | 909 |
| Ngāti Toarangatira ki Te Whanganui-a-Tara (part of Ngāti Toarangatira) | Wellington | Tainui | 2,763 | 3,459 | 4,458 | 5,034 |
| Ngāti Tukorehe | Manawatū-Whanganui | Tainui | n/a | n/a | n/a | 792 |
| Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri | Tasman, Nelson, Marlborough | Kurahaupō | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ngāti Tūrangitukua | Waikato, Bay of Plenty | Arawa | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ngāti Tūwharetoa | Waikato, Bay of Plenty | Arawa, Te Paepae-ki-Rarotonga, Tōtara-i-kāria | 29,301 | 34,674 | 35,877 | 47,103 |
| Ngāti Wai | Northland, Auckland | Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi, Ruakaramea | 3,966 | 4,866 | 5,667 | 8,394 |
| Ngāti Whakahemo | Bay of Plenty | Tākitimu, Te Arawa, Mātaatua | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ngāti Whakaue | Bay of Plenty | Arawa | 5,061 | 7,311 | 8,340 | 8,775 |
| Ngāti Whanaunga | Auckland, Waikato | Tainui | 399 | 588 | 624 | 891 |
| Ngāti Whare | Bay of Plenty | Arawa | 690 | 1,281 | 1,254 | 1,533 |
| Ngāti Whātua | Northland, Auckland | Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi | 12,837 | 15,795 | 16,044 | 21,294 |
| Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara (part of Ngāti Whātua) | Auckland | Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi | n/a | n/a | n/a | 7,326 |
| Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei (part of Ngāti Whātua) | Auckland | Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi | n/a | n/a | n/a | 3,573 |
| Ngāti Whitikaupeka (part of Ngāti Kahungunu) | Manawatū-Whanganui, Hawke's Bay | Tākitimu | n/a | n/a | n/a | 519 |
| Pakakohi | Taranaki | Kurahaupō, Tākitimu, Aotea, Te Rangiuamutu | 408 | 324 | 351 | 438 |
| Rangitāne | Manawatū-Whanganui, Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Tasman | Kurahaupō | 2,775 | 3,813 | 4,920 | 7,911 |
| Rangitāne o Manawatū | Manawatū-Whanganui | Kurahaupō | 822 | 1,281 | 1,488 | 2,364 |
| Rangitāne o Te Matau-a-Māui | Hawke's Bay, Wellington | Kurahaupō | 1,197 | 1,566 | 2,217 | 2,238 |
| Rangitāne o Wairau | Marlborough, Nelson, Tasman | Kurahaupō | 756 | 966 | 1,215 | 1,848 |
| Rangitāne o Tamaki nui a Rua | Hawke's Bay | Kurahaupō | n/a | n/a | n/a | 558 |
| Rereahu (traditionally part of Ngāti Maniapoto) | Waikato | Tainui | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1,206 |
| Rongomaiwahine | Hawke's Bay, Gisborne | Kurahaupō, Tākitimu | 2,322 | 4,254 | 4,473 | 5,931 |
| Rongowhakaata | Gisborne | Tākitimu, Horouta | 3,612 | 4,710 | 4,920 | 6,531 |
| Tamahaki | Manawatū-Whanganui | Aotea | n/a | n/a | n/a | 234 |
| Tamakana | Manawatū-Whanganui | Aotea | n/a | n/a | n/a | 111 |
| Tangāhoe | Taranaki | Kurahaupō, Tākitimu, Aotea, Te Rangiuamutu | 261 | 228 | 243 | 306 |
| Tapuika | Bay of Plenty | Arawa | 1,050 | 1,386 | 2,022 | 2,535 |
| Taranaki | Taranaki | Kurahaupō | 5,940 | 5,352 | 6,087 | 8,049 |
| Te Aitanga a Hauiti | Gisborne | Tereanini, Tākitimu, Horouta | n/a | n/a | n/a | 2,622 |
| Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki | Gisborne | Tākitimu | 4,365 | 5,877 | 6,258 | 8,121 |
| Te Ākitai Waiohua | Auckland | Te Wakatūwhenua, Moekākara | n/a | n/a | n/a | 135 |
| Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi | Manawatū-Whanganui | Aotea, Tākitimu, others | 8,820 | 10,437 | 11,691 | 15,105 |
| Te Atiawa | Taranaki, Wellington | Tokomaru, Aotea | 13,107 | 17,628 | 20,850 | 30,501 |
| Te Atiawa ki Whakarongotai (part of Te Atiawa) | Wellington | Tokomaru, Aotea | 345 | 615 | 720 | 759 |
| Te Atiawa Taranaki (part of Te Atiawa) | Taranaki | Tokomaru, Aotea | 10,152 | 12,852 | 15,273 | 20,937 |
| Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui (part of Te Atiawa) | Tasman, Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast | Tokomaru, Aotea | 1,377 | 2,433 | 2,301 | 3,483 |
| Te Atiawa o Te Whanganui-a-Tara (part of Te Atiawa) | Wellington | Tokomaru, Aotea | 1,233 | 1,728 | 2,556 | 3,306 |
| Te Aupōuri | Northland | Māmari, Ngātokimatawhaorua | 7,848 | 9,333 | 8,697 | 11,847 |
| Te Hika o Papauma (part of Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa) | Wellington | Tākitimu | n/a | n/a | n/a | 246 |
| Te Hapū-oneone | Bay of Plenty | Te Rangimātoru | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Te Kawerau ā Maki | Auckland | Tainui, Aotea, Tokomaru, Kahuitara, Kurahaupō, Moekākara | 228 | 123 | 150 | 201 |
| Te Korowai o Wainuiārua (grouping) | Manawatū-Whanganui | Aotea, Tākitimu, others | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Te Paatu (part of Ngāti Kahu) | Northland | Mamaru | n/a | n/a | n/a | 390 |
| Te Patukirikiri | Waikato, Auckland | Ngātokimatawhaorua | 60 | 63 | 45 | 60 |
| Te Rarawa | Northland | Tinana, Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi, Māmari, Ngātokimatawhaorua | 11,526 | 14,892 | 16,512 | 23,280 |
| Te Roroa | Northland | Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi | 966 | 1,170 | 1,179 | 1,659 |
| Te Ūpokorehe (status disputed) | Bay of Plenty | Arautauta, Mātaatua, Nukutere | n/a | n/a | n/a | 531 |
| Te Uri-o-Hau (part of Ngāti Whātua) | Northland, Auckland | Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi | 732 | 1,074 | 1,260 | 1,314 |
| Te Wairoa (part of Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Rongomaiwahine) | Gisborne, Hawke's Bay | Kurahaupo, Tākitimu | n/a | n/a | 25,500 | n/a |
| Te Whānau-ā-Apanui | Bay of Plenty | Tauira-mai-Tawhiti, Mātaatua, Arawa | 9,951 | 11,808 | 12,951 | 16,689 |
| Tūhoe | Bay of Plenty, Hawke's Bay | Mātaatua, Nukutere, Te Rangimātoru | 29,259 | 32,670 | 34,887 | 46,479 |
| Tūhourangi | Bay of Plenty | Arawa | 1,617 | 2,277 | 2,874 | 2,976 |
| Uenuku | Manawatū-Whanganui | Aotea | n/a | n/a | n/a | 975 |
| Uenuku-Kōpako | Bay of Plenty | Arawa | 174 | 429 | 477 | 522 |
| Waikato | Waikato, Auckland | Tainui | 35,781 | 33,429 | 40,083 | 51,888 |
| Waitaha (Bay of Plenty) | Bay of Plenty | Arawa | 477 | 732 | 975 | 1,188 |
| Waitaha (Te Waipounamu/South Island) | Canterbury, Otago, Southland, West Coast, Marlborough, Tasman | Tākitimu | 645 | 972 | 1,041 | 1,704 |
| Whakatōhea | Bay of Plenty | Arautauta, Mātaatua, Nukutere | 9,948 | 12,069 | 12,177 | 16,095 |