Ngāti Maru

Ko Ngāti Maru he Iwi Māori nō te rae o Hauraki, kei Aotearoa. Kei a Pārāwai te wāhi upoko o Ngāti Maru. He uri rātou nō Te Ngako, Ko Te Ngakohua rānei, ko ia te tamatāne tuawhā o Marutūāhu, nāna te ingoa o te iwi.Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, Marutūahu tribes, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/marutuahu-tribes (accessed 17 July 2025).

Ko Ngāti Maru tētehi o ngā iwi tokorima o te Kāhui Marutūāhu, ko Ngāti Paoa rātou ko Ngāti Rongo-U ko Ngāti Tamaterā ko Ngāti Whanaunga i tua atu. Ko tō rātou nei tupuna ko Hotunui, he uri nō Uenuku-te-rangi-hōka, nō reira, ko rātou tētehi o ngā iwi o ngā iwi o Tainui.

Kei Kirikiri te nohonga-ā-iwi o Ngāti Maru, kei te māwake o Pārāwai.

 Kōreru tuku iho 
Ko Te Ngako te teina a ōna tuākana, ko Tamatepō, ko Tamaterā, ko Whanaunga. I moe a Marutūāhu i a tokorua ngā wāhine, ko Paremoehau rāua ko Hineurunga. Ko Hineurunga te tuākana a Paremoehau, nā tēnā, i taka mai te mana o te tuākana ki a Te Ngako, kīhai i taka mai ki a ōna tuākana.

Nā ngā Ngāti Maru ki Hauraki, ko Ngāti Maru ki Taranaki ngā uri o te parata a Marutūāhu, ko Maruwharanui. Kei te Whanganui Awa ngā uri o te parata tuatoru, ko Marukōpiri.

Ko Ngati Maru, he iwi Marutuahu no Hauraki.