Ngāti Maniapoto

He iwi nui a  , 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 .
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. 

 Kāwhia 

I mua i te tūnga o te Kīngitanga Māori i tīmata te rohe ki awa Mōkau tae noa atu ki roto o Tāmaki Makaurau. Ka mau te whānuitanga o te rohe e te whakataukī 'Mōkau ki runga, Tāmaki ki raro, Manga Toatoa ki waenganui'. Nā te tono o Kīngi Tāwhiao kia whoatu e Ngāti Maniapoto i te rohe o Kāwhia ki a Waikato, ka itiiti haere te rohe. I pēnei ai te tono a Tāwhiao, tā te mea i tau ai te waka tapu o Tainui ki Kāwhia. Ināianei kei ngā uri o Kāwhia (Ngāti Hikairo) te tikanga mēnā e hiahia nei rātou kia hono atu ki a , ki a Waikato, ki a tū hei iwi taketake rānei.

 Whakapapa 

Taku ara ko Tūrongo;
I wawaea ki te Tai Rāwhiti,
Ko Māhinaarangi, i au e!
Ko te rua rā i moe ai a Raukawa
Nā Raukawa ko Rereahu;
Nā Rereahu ko Maniapoto
He ara tautika mai ki ahau!

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