Ngāti Tūwharetoa
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Ngāti Tūwharetoa is an iwi descended from Ngātoro-i-rangi, the priest who navigated the Arawa canoe to New Zealand.[2] The Tūwharetoa region extends from Te Awa o te Atua (Tarawera River) at Matatā across the central plateau of the North Island to the lands around Mount Tongariro and Lake Taupō.[3][4][5]
Ngāti Tūwharetoa | |
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Iwi (tribe) in Māoridom | |
Rohe (region) | Central North Island |
Waka (canoe) | Arawa |
Population | 47,103[1] |
Website | http://www.tuwharetoa.iwi.nz/ |
Tūwharetoa is the sixth largest iwi in New Zealand, with a population of 35,877 of the 2013 New Zealand census, and 40% of its people under the age of 15.[6] The tribe consists of a number of hapū (subtribes) represented by 33 marae (meeting places). The collective is bound together by the legacy of Ngātoro-i-rangi as epitomised in the ariki (paramount chief), currently Sir Tumu te Heuheu Tūkino VIII.[5]
In the 2013 New Zealand census 35,877 people identified as Ngāti Tūwharetoa.[6] By the 2018 New Zealand census, there were at least 47,103 people identifying with the iwi, including 44,448 identifying with the Taupō branch, and 2,655 identifying with the Kawerau branch.[1]